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DBMS > Ehcache vs. HyperSQL vs. Interbase vs. Linter vs. Microsoft Access

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. HyperSQL vs. Interbase vs. Linter vs. Microsoft Access

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandRDBMS for high security requirementsMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghsqldb.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaselinter.ruwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­access
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasedeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­access
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEmbarcaderorelex.ruMicrosoft
Initial release20092001198419901992
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.7.2, June 2023InterBase 2020, December 20191902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialcommercialcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Office
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLs
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonono infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standard
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACIDACID infobut no files for transaction logging
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes infobut no files for transaction logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003

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