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DBMS > Ehcache vs. Milvus vs. Quasardb vs. RRDtool vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Milvus vs. Quasardb vs. RRDtool vs. Valentina Server

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#124  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#329  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgmilvus.ioquasar.aioss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddoc.quasar.ai/­masteross.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGquasardbTobias OetikerParadigma Software
Initial release20092019200919991999
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.3.4, January 20243.14.1, January 20241.8.0, 20225.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infointeger and binaryNumeric data onlyyes
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.nononono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesnonoyes infowith tagsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheRESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIin-process shared library
Pipes
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modeyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EhcacheMilvusQuasardbRRDtoolValentina Server
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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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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