= Protocol Comparison

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|                    | Hot Rod    | HTTP / REST     | Memcached
| Topology-aware     | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Hash-aware         | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Encryption         | [green]*Y* | [green]*Y*      | [red]*N*
| Authentication     | [green]*Y* | [green]*Y*      | [red]*N*
| Conditional ops    | [green]*Y* | [green]*Y*      | [green]*Y*
| Bulk ops           | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Transactions       | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Listeners          | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Query              | [green]*Y* | [green]*Y*      | [red]*N*
| Execution          | [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
| Cross-site failover| [green]*Y* | [red]*N*        | [red]*N*
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