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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. H2GIS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. H2GIS vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Spatial extension of H2A multi-model DBMS and application serverA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cacheazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.intersystems.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersCNRSInterSystemsMicrosoftAlachisoft
Initial release20142013199720122005
Current release5.0.0, May 20242018.1.4, May 20205.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Java
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2yesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infobased on H2Source-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDoptimistic lockingoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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 layeryesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infobased on H2Access rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoMesaH2GISInterSystems CachéMicrosoft Azure Table StorageNCache
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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