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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Snowflake vs. SQream DB

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.42
Rank#34  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score114.13
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgwww.snowflake.comsqream.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.sqream.com
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSnowflake Computing Inc.SQream Technologies
Initial release200320142017
Current release1.6.19, March 20232022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.yes
Secondary indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functions in Python
Triggersnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
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) protocolUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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MemcachedSnowflakeSQream DB
Specific characteristicsSQream allows companies to get answers from its data and get new business-insights...
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Competitive advantagesScalability when processing bigger datasets. Faster business insights, with more...
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Typical application scenariosWhat can you do with 100x faster SQL analytics? Better and more timely decision-making,...
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Key customersSome of our customers include: LG-U+, AIS , ACL Mobile, Pubmatic, Telkomsel, LG Electronics
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