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DBMS > Geode vs. GridDB vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft Access vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. GridDB vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft Access vs. SAP IQ

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orggriddb.netwww.memcached.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.netgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikideveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Toshiba CorporationDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMicrosoftSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20022013200319921994
Current release1.1, February 20175.1, August 20221.6.25, March 20241902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 201916.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Officecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardyes
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnoyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACID at container levelnoACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GeodeGridDBMemcachedMicrosoft AccessSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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