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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hive vs. NCache vs. PostGIS vs. Sphinx

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.ehcache.orghive.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.netsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookAlachisoftSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20092012200520052001
Current release3.10.0, March 20223.1.3, April 20225.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesno
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoNotificationsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQLno
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EhcacheHiveNCachePostGISSphinx
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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