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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Ingres vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Ingres vs. MaxDB vs. PostGIS vs. RDFox

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWell established RDBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresmaxdb.sap.compostgis.netwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGActian CorporationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20091974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s198420052017
Current release3.10.0, March 202211.2, May 20227.9.10.12, February 20243.4.2, February 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++CC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQLreplication via a shared file system
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLRoles, resources, and access types

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