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Aerospike vs Riak: 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 Riak? A distributed, decentralized data storage system. Riak is a distributed database designed to deliver maximum data availability by distributing data across multiple servers. As long as your client can reach one Riak server, it should be able to write data. In most failure scenarios, the data you want to read should be available, although it may not be the most up-to-date version of that data.
Aerospike can be classified as a tool in the "In-Memory Databases" category, while Riak is grouped under "Databases".
"Ram and/or ssd persistence " is the top reason why over 9 developers like Aerospike, while over 9 developers mention "High Performance " as the leading cause for choosing Riak.
Aerospike and Riak are both open source tools. Riak with 3.24K GitHub stars and 530 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Aerospike with 296 GitHub stars and 55 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Aerospike has a broader approval, being mentioned in 30 company stacks & 9 developers stacks; compared to Riak, which is listed in 15 company stacks and 10 developer stacks.
Pros of Aerospike
- Ram and/or ssd persistence16
- Easy clustering support12
- Easy setup5
- Acid4
- Petabyte Scale3
- Scale3
- Performance better than Redis3
- Ease of use2
Pros of Riak
- High Performance14
- High Availability11
- Easy Scalability9
- Flexible5
- Strong Consistency1
- Eventual Consistency1
- Distributed1
- Multi datacenter deployments1
- Reliable1