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DBMS > Memcached vs. PostGIS vs. RisingWave vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. PostGIS vs. RisingWave vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#350  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgpostgis.netwww.risingwave.com/­databasewww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikipostgis.net/­documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRisingWave LabsTranswarp
Initial release200320052022
Current release1.6.25, March 20243.4.2, February 20241.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCCRust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes
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) protocolyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers and Roles

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