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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. etcd vs. mSQL vs. Sphinx vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed reliable key-value storemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSSearch engineMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score7.25
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
hughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlsphinxsearch.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
sphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHughes TechnologiesSphinx Technologies Inc.Rocket Software
Initial release2009199420011985
Current release3.10.0, March 20223.4, August 20194.4, October 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoCC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnooptional
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 indexesnonoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC
JSON over HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, watching key changesnonoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.nonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenononoACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes 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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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