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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Microsoft Access vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Microsoft Access vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. SurrealDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsMicrosoft 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.)Low-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoftSybase, SAPSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2009199219932022
Current release3.10.0, March 20221902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServernoneMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate 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 resourceACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes 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.yesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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