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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score3.98
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.66
Rank#134  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGOracle
Initial release20092007
Current release3.10.0, March 202214.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication

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