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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. InfinityDB vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Stardog

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceHigh performance Time Series DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgboilerbay.comkx.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGBoiler Bay Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftStardog-Union
Initial release200920022000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319892010
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.03.6, May 2018SQL Server 2022, November 20227.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaqC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)yesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javauser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infowith viewsyesyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioningtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSource-replica replicationyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonorights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
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EhcacheInfinityDBKdbMicrosoft SQL ServerStardog
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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