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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-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
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperEsgynDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftRockset
Initial release2015200320052019
Current release1.6.25, March 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC++, JavaCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnopartial 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-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 methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication 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
EsgynDBMemcachedNCacheRockset
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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