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DBMS > Ehcache vs. IRONdb vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. IRONdb vs. OrigoDB vs. Realm

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.55
Rank#69  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#379  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/origodb.comrealm.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedorigodb.com/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCirconus LLC.Robert Friberg et alRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release200920172009 infounder the name LiveDB2014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHTTP API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in Luayesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic, metric affinity per nodehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole based authorizationyes

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