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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. InfinityDB vs. mSQL vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Sphinx

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfacemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score2.03
Rank#122  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.ehcache.orgboilerbay.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-serversphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATESTsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGBoiler Bay Inc.Hughes TechnologiesPerconaSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20092002199420082001
Current release3.10.0, March 20224.04.4, October 20218.0.36-28, 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC and C++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesno
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernonenoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServernonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
none
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 SERIALIZEDnoneImmediate Consistency
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 loadsnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesno

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