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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. Ingres vs. JSqlDb vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. Ingres vs. JSqlDb vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridWell established RDBMSJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesFully managed big data interactive analytics platform
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store infoIf a column is of type dynamic docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types/­dynamic then it's possible to add arbitrary JSON documents in this cell
Event Store infothis is the general usage pattern at Microsoft. Billing, Logs, Telemetry events are stored in ADX and the state of an individual entity is defined by the arg_max(timestamps)
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infosupport for complex search expressions docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­parseoperator FTS, Geospatial docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­geo-point-to-geohash-function distributed search -> ADX acts as a distributed search engine
Time Series DBMS infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer/­time-series-analysis
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.52
Rank#65  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.46
Rank#60  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score3.47
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score3.00
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresjsqldb.org (offline)azure.microsoft.com/­services/­data-explorer
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcastActian CorporationKonrad von BackstromMicrosoft
Initial release200920081974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20182019
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 202312.0, July 20240.8, December 2018cloud service with continuous releases
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeFixed schema with schema-less datatypes (dynamic)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes infobool, datetime, dynamic, guid, int, long, real, string, timespan, double: docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesnoKusto Query Language (KQL), SQL subset
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Microsoft SQL Server communication protocol (MS-TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PowerShell
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesyesfunctions in JavaScriptYes, possible languages: KQL, Python, R
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsyesnoyes infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­management/­updatepolicy
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated MapIngres Replicatornoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoSpark connector (open source): github.com/­Azure/­azure-kusto-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAzure Active Directory Authentication

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