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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. Spark SQL

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggreenplum.orgboilerbay.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachespark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greenplum.orgboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersPivotal Software Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.AlachisoftApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142005200220052014
Current release5.0.0, May 20247.0.0, September 20234.05.3.3, April 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaScala
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrayspartial 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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnoneyesyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerSource-replica replicationnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.depending on storage layernonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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GeoMesaGreenplumInfinityDBNCacheSpark SQL
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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