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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. RisingWave vs. Sphinx vs. SWC-DB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.risingwave.com/­databasesphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGRisingWave LabsSphinx Technologies Inc.Alex Kashirin
Initial release2009202220012020
Current release3.10.0, March 20221.2, September 20233.5.1, February 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMDocker
Linux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesStandard SQL-types and JSONno
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 indexesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocolProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoUDFs in Python or Javanono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
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 resourcenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers and Rolesno

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