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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Milvus vs. NCache vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Milvus vs. NCache vs. RDFox

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgmilvus.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGAlachisoftOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2009201920052017
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.4.4, May 20245.3.3, April 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJCacheRESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, with selectable consistency levelreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Roles, resources, and access types
More information provided by the system vendor
EhcacheMilvusNCacheRDFox
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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