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DBMS > BigObject vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache vs. OpenEdge

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.MicrosoftAlachisoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release2015201220051984
Current release5.3.3, April 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
hostedLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyeshorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic lockingoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users and groups
More information provided by the system vendor
BigObjectMicrosoft Azure Table StorageNCacheOpenEdge
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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