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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Milvus vs. NCache

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSVector DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasemilvus.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsMicrosoftAlachisoft
Initial release2000201020192005
Current release4.9.0, July 2023V122.4.4, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++, GoC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Apache Jena - TDBMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureMilvusNCache
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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