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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Ingres vs. NCache vs. PostGIS vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWell established RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQLIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.actian.com/­ingreswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperActian CorporationAlachisoftOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20161974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s200520051998
Current release11.2, May 20225.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.nono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsPL/SQL
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorIngres Replicatoryes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBIngresNCachePostGISTimesTen
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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