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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. NCache vs. SurrealDB vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. NCache vs. SurrealDB vs. Teradata Aster

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitegeospock.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperGeoSpockAlachisoftSurrealDB LtdTeradata
Initial release200520222005
Current release2.0, September 20195.3.3, April 2024v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaRust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial 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.nonoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-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 methodsJDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRR packages
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
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
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoSpockNCacheSurrealDBTeradata Aster
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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