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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Memcached vs. OushuDB vs. RDFox

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.memcached.orgwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.oushu.com/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperCognitectDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalOushuOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release201220032017
Current release1.0.7075, December 20231.6.27, May 20244.0.1, August 20206.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureCC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemas
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.no
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyes
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)noyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolKerberos, SSL and role based accessRoles, resources, and access types

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