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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. MonetDB vs. NSDb vs. OrigoDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.monetdb.orgnsdb.ioorigodb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationnsdb.io/­Architectureorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoftMonetDB BVRobert Friberg et al
Initial release20092010200420172009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V12Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++CJava, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.noyesnono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyesyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, with always 3 replicas availablenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-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 integritynoyesyesnodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorization

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