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DBMS > Memcached vs. mSQL vs. OrientDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. mSQL vs. OrientDB vs. OrigoDB vs. Sphinx

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.memcached.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorientdb.orgorigodb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlorigodb.com/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalHughes TechnologiesOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPRobert Friberg et alSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2003199420102009 infounder the name LiveDB2001
Current release1.6.25, March 20244.4, October 20213.2.29, March 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCJavaC#C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsno
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query language, no joinsnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.NetC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, Javascriptyesno
TriggersnonoHooksyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRole based authorizationno

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