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DBMS > Drizzle vs. FatDB vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. FatDB vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerFatCloudMonetDB BVAlachisoftPercona
Initial release20082012200420052015
Current release7.2.4, September 2012Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.3.3, April 20243.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#CC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial 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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
C#C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsyes, in SQL, C, Rno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJavaScript
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infovia applicationsyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding via remote tablesyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factornone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic 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.yesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles
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DrizzleFatDBMonetDBNCachePercona Server for MongoDB
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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