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DBMS > NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. Trafodion vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. Trafodion vs. VelocityDB

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.iotrafodion.apache.orgvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.iotrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAlachisoftObjectBox LimitedApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2005201720142011
Current release5.3.3, April 20242.3.0, February 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++C++, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyesno
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
NCacheObjectBoxTrafodionVelocityDB
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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