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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Valentina Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcastMicrosoftParadigma Software
Initial release2009200820151999
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 2023V15.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated Mapyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
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 commitedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyes infousing Azure authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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