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System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. openGauss vs. Sqrrl vs. VelocityDB

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
sqrrl.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperHazelcastAlachisoftHuawei and openGauss communityAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20082005201920122011
Current release5.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 20243.0, March 20227.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC, C++, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
LinuxLinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.ANSI SQL 2011nono
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Java
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnono
Triggersyes infoEventsyes infoNotificationsyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)Sharding infomaking use of HadoopSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)Based on Windows Authentication
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HazelcastNCacheopenGaussSqrrlVelocityDB
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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