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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Geode vs. Memcached vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Geode vs. Memcached vs. OrigoDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orggeode.apache.orgwww.memcached.orgorigodb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgeode.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2014200220032009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release1.1, February 20171.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (OQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes, on a single nodenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesnoyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights per client and object definableyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolRole based authorization

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