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System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. NCache vs. OrientDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. STSdb

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score1.30
Rank#164  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperIBMAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSAP infoformerly SybaseSTS Soft SC
Initial release20142005201019922011
Current release5.3.3, April 20243.2.29, March 202417, July 20154.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possiblenonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joinsyesno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascriptyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlno
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsHooksyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDno
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.yesyesyes
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 and roles; record level security configurablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
IBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBNCacheOrientDBSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSTSdb
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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