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DBMS > Graphite vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. Sphinx

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Distributed, fault tolerant key-value storeOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperChris DavisAlachisoftPerconaOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20062005201520092001
Current release5.3.3, April 20243.4.10-2.10, November 20173.2.0, December 20223.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editionOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++ErlangC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlypartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesnono
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesrestrictedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nonoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
proprietary protocol using JSONHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJavaScriptErlangno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and rolesyes, using Riak Securityno
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GraphiteNCachePercona Server for MongoDBRiak KVSphinx
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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