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System Properties Comparison IRONdb vs. Memcached vs. NCache vs. Raima Database Manager vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/www.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheraima.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.raima.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperCirconus LLC.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftRaima Inc.Rocket Software
Initial release20172003200519841985
Current releaseV0.10.20, January 20181.6.27, May 20245.3.3, April 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaCC
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infotext, numeric, histogramsnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesoptional
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.nonono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIProprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java 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
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in Luanono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyes
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic, metric affinity per nodenoneyeshorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awarenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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IRONdbMemcachedNCacheRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaUniData,UniVerse
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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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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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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