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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. mSQL vs. NCache vs. searchxml

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitealasql.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHughes TechnologiesAlachisoftinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release2014199420052015
Current release4.4, October 20215.3.3, April 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Domain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLmSQL infoMini SQLNCachesearchxml
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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