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

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NameIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  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 LuceneDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBKey-value storeSearch engineNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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 DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2www.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latestwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperIBMAlachisoftAmazon Web Servicesinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release1983 infohost version200520212015
Current release12.1, October 20165.3.3, April 20242.5.0, January 20231.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
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 VMWindows
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageno
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
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
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
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionyesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes, with selectable consistency levelyesyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
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, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnomultiple readers, single writer
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Domain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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IBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2NCacheOpenSearchsearchxml
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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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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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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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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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