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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access vs. mSQL

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesshughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­access
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoftHughes Technologies
Initial release2009201419921994
Current release3.10.0, March 20221902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20194.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Officecommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJavaScript APIADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Servernonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)nonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infobut no files for transaction loggingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003no

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