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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Drizzle vs. Memcached vs. NuoDB vs. RavenDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Drizzle vs. Memcached vs. NuoDB vs. RavenDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.memcached.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseravendb.net
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidoc.nuodb.comravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Drizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Hibernating Rhinos
Initial release20162008200320132010
Current release2.1, December 20187.2.4, September 20121.6.29, June 20245.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++CC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesno
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyesSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBCProprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoJava, SQLyes
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAuthorization levels configured per client per database

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