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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageAn in-memory SQL relational database that delivers microsecond response and high throughput for OLTP applications. TimesTen can be deployed as a standalone database or as a cache to a backend Oracle database.
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeKey-value 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
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score1.26
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4swaydb.simer.auwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­timesten/­index.html
DeveloperAlachisoftSTS Soft SCSimer PlahaOracle infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162005201120181998
Current release5.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015Release 22.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
WindowsIBM AIX Power PC 64-bit
Linux arm64
Linux x86-64
Solaris SPARC 64
Solaris SPARC/x86
Solaris x86-64
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)noyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client APIODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++ programming interfaces
SQL and PL/SQL via JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C
C++
Java
Node.js
PL/SQL
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnonoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual 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 integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)nonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBNCacheSTSdbSwayDBTimesTen
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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