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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. STSdb vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. STSdb vs. Trafodion

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4trafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.iotrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.AlachisoftObjectBox LimitedSTS Soft SCApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20022005201720112014
Current release4.05.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 20152.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++C#C++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrayspartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native API.NET Client APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C#
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnoACID
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
InfinityDBNCacheObjectBoxSTSdbTrafodion
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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