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DBMS > Ehcache vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SQL.JS vs. TerarkDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceWidely used in-process key-value storePort of SQLite to JavaScriptA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Relational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgboilerbay.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlsql.js.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGBoiler Bay Inc.Oracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20092002199420122016
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.018.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnoyesno
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.nonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionnono
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoonly for the SQL APInono
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 ServernoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyesno
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 loadsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononono

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