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DBMS > Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NCache vs. PostgreSQL

System Properties Comparison Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Fauna vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NCache vs. PostgreSQL

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NameAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Websiteatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryfauna.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.postgresql.org
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.postgresql.org/­docs
DeveloperAtos Convergence CreatorsFauna, Inc.InterSystemsAlachisoftPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developer
Initial release20162014201820051989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL
Current release17032023.3, June 20235.3.3, April 202416.3, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalnoyespartial 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.yesnoyesnoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infostandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsLDAPRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesAll languages with LDAP bindingsC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingyespartitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hash
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlLDAP bind authenticationIdentity management, authentication, and access controlyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Atos Standard Common RepositoryFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBInterSystems IRISNCachePostgreSQL
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NCache 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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