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

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

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsWell established RDBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
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
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresmaxdb.sap.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techpingcap.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGActian CorporationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oxford Semantic TechnologiesPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20091974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s198420172016
Current release3.10.0, March 202211.2, May 20227.9.10.12, February 20246.0, Septermber 20228.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++C++Go, Rust
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
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
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 availablenono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerIngres ReplicatorSource-replica replicationreplication via a shared file systemUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
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.yesnonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EhcacheIngresMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DRDFoxTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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