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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. STSdb

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.In-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#379  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.hawkular.orgwww.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docswww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidegithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperGoogleCommunity supported by Red HatDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftSTS Soft SC
Initial release20082014200320052011
Current release1.6.27, May 20245.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)nonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTProprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App Enginenonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes infovia Hawkular Alertingnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsnonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)noyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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Google Cloud DatastoreHawkular MetricsMemcachedNCacheSTSdb
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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