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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Ignite vs. Linter vs. NCache vs. SiteWhere

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.RDBMS for high security requirementsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltignite.apache.orglinter.ruwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundationrelex.ruAlachisoftSiteWhere
Initial release20132015199020052010
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.65.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, Java, .NetC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyespartial 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
BoltDBIgniteLinterNCacheSiteWhere
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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