Aerospike vs MariaDB: What are the differences?
What is Aerospike? Flash-optimized in-memory open source NoSQL database. Aerospike is an open-source, modern database built from the ground up to push the limits of flash storage, processors and networks. It was designed to operate with predictable low latency at high throughput with uncompromising reliability – both high availability and ACID guarantees.
What is MariaDB? An enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry. MariaDB is designed as a drop-in replacement of MySQL(R) with more features, new storage engines, fewer bugs, and better performance.
Aerospike belongs to "In-Memory Databases" category of the tech stack, while MariaDB can be primarily classified under "Databases".
Some of the features offered by Aerospike are:
- 99% of reads/writes complete in under 1 millisecond.
- Predictable low latency at high throughput – second to none. Read the YCSB Benchmark.
- The secret sauce? A thousand things done right. Server code in ‘C’ (not Java or Erlang) precisely tuned to avoid context switching and memory copies. Highly parallelized multi-threaded, multi-core, multi-cpu, multi-SSD execution.
On the other hand, MariaDB provides the following key features:
- Replication
- Insert Delayed
- Events
"Ram and/or ssd persistence " is the primary reason why developers consider Aerospike over the competitors, whereas "Drop-in mysql replacement" was stated as the key factor in picking MariaDB.
Aerospike and MariaDB are both open source tools. It seems that MariaDB with 2.82K GitHub stars and 864 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Aerospike with 296 GitHub stars and 55 GitHub forks.
nrise, Docplanner, and MAK IT are some of the popular companies that use MariaDB, whereas Aerospike is used by JustWatch, Flyclops LLC, and StreetHawk. MariaDB has a broader approval, being mentioned in 496 company stacks & 461 developers stacks; compared to Aerospike, which is listed in 30 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.
