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DBMS > Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Bangdb vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Bangdb vs. KairosDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgbangdb.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.bangdb.comkairosdb.github.io
DeveloperSoftware AGBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSachin Sinha, BangDB
Initial release19712016201420122013
Current release2.1, December 2018BangDB 2.0, October 20211.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC, C++Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL like support with command line toolno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesnonono
Triggersnonoyesyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistano, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)selectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes, run db with in-memory only modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes (enterprise version only)simple password-based access control

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