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DBMS > Blueflood vs. Memcached vs. SingleStore vs. TDSQL for MySQL

System Properties Comparison Blueflood vs. Memcached vs. SingleStore vs. TDSQL for MySQL

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NameBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#353  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#205  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websiteblueflood.iowww.memcached.orgwww.singlestore.comwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikigithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.singlestore.comwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042
DeveloperRackspaceDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSingleStore Inc.Tencent
Initial release2013200320132013
Current release1.6.25, March 20248.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaCC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredhosted
Data schemepredefined schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTProprietary protocolCluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infohash partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
BluefloodMemcachedSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTDSQL for MySQL
Specific characteristicsSingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesSingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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