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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. LMDB vs. mSQL vs. NCache vs. Rockset

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database librarymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherockset.com
Technical documentationwww.lmdb.tech/­docwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperSymasHughes TechnologiesAlachisoftRockset
Initial release20132011199420052019
Current release0.9.32, January 20244.4, October 20215.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageGoCCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterdynamic typing
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.nonononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnononoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyesAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
More information provided by the system vendor
BoltDBLMDBmSQL infoMini SQLNCacheRockset
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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