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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 vs. NCache vs. OpenSearch vs. ScyllaDB

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBKey-value storeSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Vector DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2www.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperIBMAlachisoftAmazon Web ServicesScyllaDB
Initial release1983 infohost version200520212015
Current release12.1, October 20165.3.3, April 20242.5.0, January 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes, Lua
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionyesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes, with selectable consistency levelyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users can be defined per object
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IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2NCacheOpenSearchScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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