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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. NCache vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Microsoft Access vs. NCache vs. YDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMicrosoftAlachisoftYandex
Initial release2018199220052019
Current release1.1.0, April 20231902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20195.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
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 datanoACID infobut no files for transaction loggingoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache IoTDBMicrosoft AccessNCacheYDB
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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