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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comwww.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperChris DavisGreptime Inc.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftRocket Software
Initial release20062022200320051985
Current release1.6.27, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonRustCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteroptional
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 SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Proprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyesyes
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
More information provided by the system vendor
GraphiteGreptimeDBMemcachedNCacheUniData,UniVerse
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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