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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Faircom DB vs. NCache vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#318  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachequasar.ai
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsFairCom CorporationAlachisoftquasardb
Initial release2012197920052009
Current release29.0.1, April 2024V12, November 20205.3.3, April 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structurespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infointeger and binary
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningyesSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).yes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanotunable from ACID to Eventually Consistentoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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Apache DruidFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACENCacheQuasardb
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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