I have a dilemma. After a little work with both tools I am still in doubt which one suits the best my needs.
I have the following constraints:
1. DB Independent - both meet it
2. Easy persistence tools - both meet it
3. Fast operations - hard to decide - TopLink seems to perform slower on INSERTs than Hibernate. I couldn't find any reliable comparison.
In the meanwhile I am also looking for DB4O as a possible alternative. I am still reluctant to use DB4O as it has been sold to Versant that was producing quite a crappy and expensive tool that I had to use and I think that they will do the same with DB4O.
We have been diligently working to improve EclipseLink / TopLink and Insert performance was one area that has received special attention for EclipseLink 1.1. ( https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=220394 )
ReplyDeleteIn general though, especially when leveraging the EclipseLink cache, you should see noticeable performance benefits when using EclipseLink.
--Gordon Yorke