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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. TerminusDB vs. Trafodion vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. TerminusDB vs. Trafodion vs. Vitess

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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 StoreScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
RDF store
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheterminusdb.comtrafodion.apache.orgvitess.io
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#trafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.AlachisoftDataChemist Ltd.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20022005201820142013
Current release4.05.3.3, April 202411.0.0, January 20232.3.0, February 201915.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaProlog, RustC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
LinuxLinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
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 Counteryesyesyes
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 capabilityyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language (WOQL)yesyes infowith proprietary extensions
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
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesJava Stored Proceduresyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesGraph PartitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelJournaling Streamsyes, via HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyesyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
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 lockingACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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InfinityDBNCacheTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTrafodionVitess
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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