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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Valkey

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonValkey infoOpen source key/value datastore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingOpen source key/value datastore
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score16.69
Rank#34  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.00
Rank#182  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websitewww.memcached.orgvalkey.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikigithub.com/­valkey-io/­valkey
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournal
Initial release20032024
Current release1.6.29, June 2024Valkey 8.0.1, October 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageCC
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno
Secondary indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallity
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocol

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