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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Dragonfly vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Dragonfly vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonDragonfly  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA drop-in Redis replacement that scales vertically to support millions of operations per second and terabyte sized workloads, all on a single instanceSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Key-value storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.41
Rank#266  Overall
#38  Key-value stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygithub.com/­dragonflydb/­dragonfly
www.dragonflydb.io
azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dragonflydb.io/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAtos Convergence CreatorsDragonflyDB team and community contributorsMicrosoft
Initial release19712014201620232015
Current release17031.0, March 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsscheme-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalstrings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bit arraysyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APILDAPProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocolRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptAll languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Clojure
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnonoLuano
Triggersnoyesyespublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionalityno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneyesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsAtomic execution of command blocks and scriptsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, strict serializability by the serveryes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noLDAP bind authenticationPassword-based authenticationyes infousing Azure authentication

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