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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Prometheus vs. Tarantool

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applications
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#144  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#66  Relational DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorigodb.comprometheus.iowww.tarantool.io
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsorigodb.com/­docsprometheus.io/­docswww.tarantool.io/­en/­doc
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesAlachisoftRobert Friberg et alVK
Initial release199420052009 infounder the name LiveDB20152008
Current release4.4, October 20215.3.3, April 20242.10.0, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#GoC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columns
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterUser defined using .NET types and collectionsNumeric data onlystring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetime
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nonoFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIOpen binary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnoLua, C and SQL stored procedures
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyes infoDomain Eventsnoyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedShardingSharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationyes infoby FederationAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
noneCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnoACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactions
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyesyes, cooperative multitasking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes, write ahead logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistence
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based authorizationnoAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles
More information provided by the system vendor
mSQL infoMini SQLNCacheOrigoDBPrometheusTarantool
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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