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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hypertable vs. PostGIS vs. YottaDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgpostgis.netyottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHypertable Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2009200920052001
Current release3.10.0, March 20220.9.8.11, March 20163.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++CC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJCacheC++ API
Thrift
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
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 Serverselectable replication factor on file system levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDoptimistic locking
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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