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

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial 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
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#350  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlpostgis.netwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikipostgis.net/­documentationdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalHughes TechnologiesTranswarp
Initial release200319942005
Current release1.6.25, March 20244.4, October 20213.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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