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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. OpenSearch vs. StarRocks

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelKey-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score16.69
Rank#34  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score16.85
Rank#33  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score1.06
Rank#175  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orggithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.starrocks.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalAmazon Web ServicesThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release200320212020
Current release1.6.29, June 20242.5.0, January 20233.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageCJavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
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.no
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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