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DBMS > Drizzle vs. NCache vs. NuoDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. NCache vs. NuoDB vs. SiteWhere vs. Solr

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  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.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheresolr.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.nuodb.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerAlachisoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SiteWhereApache Software Foundation
Initial release20082005201320102006
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.3.3, April 20249.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyespredefined schemeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesnoSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, SQLJava plugins
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoNotificationsyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infotunable commit protocolnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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 infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes
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DrizzleNCacheNuoDBSiteWhereSolr
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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