Compression NCache, MemCache & Redis.

This document compares Memcached v1.4.21 with

NCache 4.3 SP1, and Redis 3.0.0 RC-1.

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Feature

Redis

Performance & Scalability

- Cache Performance
- Cache Scalability
- Bulk Operations
- Async Operations
- Compression
- Fast Compact Serialization
- Indexes
- Multiple NIC binding

--------------------------Partial support
Partial support
No support
No support
No support
No support

--------------------------Partial support
No support
Partial support
No support
No support
No support

Excellent
Excellent
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

Cache Elasticity (High Availability)

- Dynamic Cache Cluster
- Peer to Peer Architecture
- Connection Failover
- Dynamic Configuration
- Multiple Clusters
- Named Caches
- Communication Protocols
- Cluster Specific Events

Partial support
Partial support
Partial support
Supported
No support
No support
TCP, REST
No support

No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
TCP
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
TCP, REST (soon)
Full support

Cache Topologies
- .NET Clients
- Java Clients
- Local Cache
- Client Cache (Near Cache)
- Mirrored Cache
- Replicated Cache
- Partitioned Cache
- Partitioned-Replica Cache

Supported
Supported
Partial support
No support
Partial support
Partial support
No support
Supported

Supported
Supported
Partial support
No support
No support
No support
Partial support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

WAN Replication
- Active Passive
- Active Active
- One Active Multiple Passive
- 3 or More Active
- Conflict Resolution
- De-duplication
- Data Security

No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support

No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
No support (soon)
No support (soon)
Full support
Full support
Full support

No official support
No official support
No support
No support
Supported
Partial support

No support
Partial support
No support
No support
Partial support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

No support
No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

Cache Administration
- Cache Admin (GUI Tool)
- Cache Monitoring (GUI Tool)
- PerfMon Counters
- JMX Counters
- Command Line Admin Tools
- Admin and Monitoring API
Security & Encryption
- Active Directory/LDAP Authentication
- Authorization
- Data Encryption
- Secure Communication

No support
Supported
No support
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Memcached

NCache

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Object Caching Features
- Get, Add, Insert, Remove, Exists,
Clear Cache
- Expirations
- Lock & Unlock
- Item Versioning
- Multiple Object Versions
- Streaming API

Supported
Partial support
No support
No support
No support
No support

Supported
Partial support
No support
No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

Managing Data Relationships

- Key Based Dependency
- Multi-Cache Key Dependency

No support
No support

No support
No support

Full support
Full support

Synchronization with Data Sources

- SqlDependency (SQL Server)
- OracleDependency (Oracle)
- DbDependency (OLEDB)
- File Based Dependency
- Custom Dependency

No support
No support
No support
No support
No support

No support
No support
No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

No support

No support

Full support

Supported
Supported
No support

No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support

OQL on Tags, Named Tags,

& Groups
Object Query Language (OQL)
- LINQ Queries

No support
No support
No support

No support
No support

Full support
Full support

Data Grouping
- Groups/Subgroups
- Tags
- Named Tags

No support
No support
No support

No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support

No support
No support
No support

No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support

No support
No support

No support
No support

Full support
Full support

Supported

Full support

Partial support

Full support

Runtime Data Sharing

- Item Level Events
(onInsert/onRemove)
- Cache Level Events
(Add/Insert/Remove)
- Custom Events (Fired by Apps)
- Continuous Query
Cache Search (SQL-Like)

Read-through, Write-through & Cache Loader

- Read-through
- Write-through
- Write-behind
- Reload Items with Read-through
(Expiration, Db Sync)
- Cache Startup Loader

Cache Size Management (Evictions Policies)

Max Cache Size (in MBs)
Supported
Least Recently Used
(LRU) Evictions
Partial support
Least Frequently Used
(LFU) Evictions
No support
-Priority
- Evictions
No support
Do Not Evict Option
No support
Volatile LRU
Supported
Volatile Random
Supported

No support
No support
No support
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Full support
Full support
Full support
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Volatile TTL

ASP.NET & Java Web Sessions

ASP.NET Sessions
- ASP.NET Sessions
(Multiple Data Centers)
- ASP.NET View State Cache
ASP.NET Output Cache
Java Session Persistence
Third Party Integrations
- NHibernate 2nd Level Cache
- Entity Framework
2nd Level Cache
- Memcached Protocol Server
- Memcached Smart Wrapper
- Hibernate 2nd Level Cache
- Spring Integration
- JCache API

Supported

------------

No official support

Partial support

Full support

No official support
No support
No official support
No official support

No official support
No official support
No support
No official support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support

No official support

Partial support

Full support

No support
No support
Supported
No support
No support
No support

Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
Full support
No support (soon)

No official support
No support
No support
No official support
Supported
No support

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