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DBMS > mSQL vs. NCache vs. Postgres-XL vs. SwayDB vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. NCache vs. Postgres-XL vs. SwayDB vs. Trafodion

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.postgres-xl.orgswaydb.simer.autrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesAlachisoftSimer PlahaApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release199420052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB20182014
Current release4.4, October 20215.3.3, April 202410 R1, October 20182.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaCScalaC++, Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesnoyes
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.nonoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynono
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.yes infodistributed, parallel query executionnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java
Kotlin
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infoMVCCAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
mSQL infoMini SQLNCachePostgres-XLSwayDBTrafodion
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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