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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational 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
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasepostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMicrosoft
Initial release200920102005
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V123.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
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 resourceACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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