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DBMS > BigObject vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. RDFox

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websitebigobject.iohazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iohazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.HazelcastAlachisoftOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2015200820052017
Current release5.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyes infoEventsyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency levelreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Roles, resources, and access types
More information provided by the system vendor
BigObjectHazelcastNCacheRDFox
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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