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DBMS > Faircom DB vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Faircom DB vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. TerminusDB

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NameFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperFairCom CorporationDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1979200320052018
Current releaseV12, November 20201.6.27, May 20245.3.3, April 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageANSI C, C++CC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresnopartial 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
Proprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++nono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningnoneyesGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).none infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datatunable from ACID to Eventually Consistentnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memorynoyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role-based access control
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Faircom DB infoformerly c-treeACEMemcachedNCacheTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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