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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Interbase vs. Kdb

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandHigh performance Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.04
Rank#71  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasekx.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasecode.kx.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEmbarcaderoKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release200919842000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003
Current release3.10.0, March 2022InterBase 2020, December 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit version
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaCq
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 infoexport as XML data possibleyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processing
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accounts
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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