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System Properties Comparison etcd vs. Hazelcast vs. Memcached vs. Realm vs. UniData,UniVerse

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Nameetcd  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed reliable key-value storeA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument storeMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.64
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score6.87
Rank#55  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score20.74
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score7.71
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score3.47
Rank#93  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websiteetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
hazelcast.comwww.memcached.orgrealm.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
hazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikirealm.io/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperHazelcastDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Rocket Software
Initial release2008200320141985
Current release3.4, August 20195.3.6, November 20231.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesoptional
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonoyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JSON over HTTP
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocolJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersyes, watching key changesyes infoEventsnoyes infoChange Listenersyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.yes infoReplicated Mapnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolyesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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