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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. eXtremeDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringMicrosoft 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.)Widely used in-process key-value storeNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Document store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.mcobject.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMcObjectMicrosoftOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20092001199219942013
Current release3.10.0, March 20228.2, 20211902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 201918.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCache.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-enginenoJavaScript
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoby defining eventsyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning / shardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
noneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003nosimple password-based access control
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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