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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Ignite vs. Kingbase vs. mSQL vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Ignite vs. Kingbase vs. mSQL vs. Teradata Aster

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgignite.apache.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGApache Software FoundationBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Hughes TechnologiesTeradata
Initial release20092015199919942005
Current release3.10.0, March 2022Apache Ignite 2.6V8.0, August 20214.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Java, .NetC and JavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
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.noyesyesnoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLStandard with numerous extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsnoR packages
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)yesnoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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