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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. OpenQM vs. OrientDB vs. RocksDB

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Name

Description

Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store

QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Primary database model

Key-value store

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Document store
Search engine

Using distributed Lucene

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Score	0.94
Rank	#195	Overall
	#29	Key-value stores

Score	0.27
Rank	#298	Overall
	#10	Multivalue DBMS

Score	3.19
Rank	#93	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#7	Graph DBMS
	#14	Key-value stores

Score	3.65
Rank	#85	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

www.alachisoft.com/ncache

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-open-qm

orientdb.org

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

www.alachisoft.com/resources/docs

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Developer

Alachisoft

Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2005

1993

2010

2013

Current release

5.3.3, April 2024

3.4-12

3.2.29, March 2024

8.11.4, April 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Enterprise Edition available

Open Source

GPLv2, extended commercial license available

Open Source

Apache version 2

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java

Java

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
Windows

AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

with some exceptions

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

partial

Supported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala

.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

support for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR

yes

Java, Javascript

Triggers

yes

Notifications

yes

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with selectable consistency level

yes

Multi-source replication

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

optimistic locking and pessimistic locking

ACID

yes

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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Specific characteristics

NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages

NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenarios

NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customers

Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metrics

Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing models

NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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