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DBMS > GridDB vs. NCache vs. Quasardb vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. NCache vs. Quasardb vs. Riak TS

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitegriddb.netwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachequasar.ai
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperToshiba CorporationAlachisoftquasardbOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2013200520092015
Current release5.1, August 20225.3.3, April 20243.14.1, January 20243.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Erlang
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamppartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infointeger and binaryno
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 indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP APIHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoErlang
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyeswith Hadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container leveloptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
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GridDBNCacheQuasardbRiak TS
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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