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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.74
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgrockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.rockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRocksetSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release200320192013
Current release1.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenodynamic typingyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolHTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJavaScript
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoDocument is locked during a transaction
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) protocolAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple password-based access control

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