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DBMS > Memcached vs. openGauss vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. openGauss vs. Rockset

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational 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
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.memcached.orggitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
rockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
docs.rockset.com
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalHuawei and openGauss communityRockset
Initial release200320192019
Current release1.6.25, March 20243.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC, C++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typing
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL 2011Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual 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 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, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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