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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Access vs. NCache vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. Sadas Engine vs. TerarkDB

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NameMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.95
Rank#100  Overall
#17  Document stores
#17  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperMicrosoftAlachisoftOracleSADAS s.r.l.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release19922005201120062016
Current release1902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20195.3.3, April 202423.3, December 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)commercial infofree trial version availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteroptionalyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnonono
Triggersyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoNotificationsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featurenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyeswith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infobut no files for transaction loggingoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infooff heap cacheyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno
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Microsoft AccessNCacheOracle NoSQLSadas EngineTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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