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System Properties Comparison dBASE vs. GBase vs. NCache vs. NSDb vs. SQream DB

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NamedBASE  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptiondBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetesa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score9.16
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#173  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dbase.comwww.gbase.cnwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachensdb.iosqream.com
Technical documentationwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAsthon TateGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.AlachisoftSQream Technologies
Initial release19792004200520172017
Current releasedBASE 2019, 2019GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c5.3.3, April 20242022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava, ScalaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
LinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsnone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesdBase proprietary IDEC#.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnouser defined functions in Python
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyesShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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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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