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DBMS > Ehcache vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. RRDtool vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. RRDtool vs. SAP IQ

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­dochelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGInterSystemsTobias OetikerSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2009201819991994
Current release3.10.0, March 20222023.3, June 20231.8.0, 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.noyesno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared library
Pipes
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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