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DBMS > Amazon SimpleDB vs. Memcached vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Memcached vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.memcached.orgwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperAmazonDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalTranswarp
Initial release20072003
Current release1.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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