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DBMS > Memcached vs. MonetDB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. MonetDB vs. Vitess

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.84
Rank#35  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score2.33
Rank#133  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.25
Rank#196  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgwww.monetdb.orgvitess.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMonetDB BVThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release200320042013
Current release1.6.21, June 2023Jul2021-SP2, July 202115.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCCGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Ada
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 proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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