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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. Graphite vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. Graphite vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Distributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperFoundationDBChris DavisAlachisoftPerconaOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20132006200520152009
Current release6.2.28, November 20205.3.3, April 20243.4.10-2.10, November 20173.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Erlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingNumeric data onlypartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
proprietary protocol using JSONHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.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
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJavaScriptErlang
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynononono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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 controlnonoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and rolesyes, using Riak Security
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FoundationDBGraphiteNCachePercona Server for MongoDBRiak KV
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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