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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. etcd vs. Hazelcast vs. PostGIS

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed reliable key-value storeA widely adopted in-memory data gridSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.64
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score6.87
Rank#55  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score23.90
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
hazelcast.compostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
hazelcast.org/­imdg/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcast
Initial release200920082005
Current release3.10.0, March 20223.4, August 20195.3.6, November 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC
JSON over HTTP
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, watching key changesyes infoEventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.yes infoReplicated Mapyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate 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 resourcenoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole-based access controlyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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