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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. NCache vs. openGemini vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. NCache vs. openGemini vs. OrigoDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.97
Rank#191  Overall
#32  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#54  Document stores
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
origodb.com
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.opengemini.org/­guideorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperFoundationDBAlachisoftHuawei and openGemini communityRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2013200520222009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release6.2.28, November 20205.3.3, April 20241.1, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterInteger, Float, Boolean, StringUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyes
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnoyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Administrators and common users accountsRole based authorization
More information provided by the system vendor
FoundationDBNCacheopenGeminiOrigoDB
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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