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DBMS > Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. TinkerGraph

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NameMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4tinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperMicrosoftMicrosoftAlachisoftSTS Soft SC
Initial release20162012200520112009
Current release5.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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 indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client APITinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes, with selectable consistency levelnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic lockingoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)nono
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Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseMicrosoft Azure Table StorageNCacheSTSdbTinkerGraph
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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