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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. NCache vs. OpenTSDB

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheopentsdb.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAlachisoftcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release200320052011
Current release1.6.25, March 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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MemcachedNCacheOpenTSDB
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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