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DBMS > Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. openGauss vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. openGauss vs. YottaDB

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitewww.memcached.orgmemgraph.comgitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
yottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikimemgraph.com/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
yottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMemgraph LtdHuawei and openGauss communityYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2003201720192001
Current release1.6.27, May 20243.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C, C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoANSI SQL 2011by using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolBolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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MemcachedMemgraphopenGaussYottaDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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