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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. Sqrrl vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. Sqrrl vs. VelocityDB

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegeospock.comhazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachesqrrl.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGeoSpockHazelcastAlachisoftAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2008200520122011
Current release2.0, September 20195.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersnoyes infoEventsyes infoNotificationsnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingyesSharding infomaking use of HadoopSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityACID
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Cell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)Based on Windows Authentication
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GeoSpockHazelcastNCacheSqrrlVelocityDB
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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