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

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

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue 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
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgbangdb.comwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.bangdb.comdocs.featurebase.comkairosdb.github.io
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSachin Sinha, BangDBMolecula and Pilosa Open Source Contributors
Initial release19712014201220172013
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20212022, May 20221.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD 3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++GoJava
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL like support with command line toolSQL queriesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Python
Java
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonono
Triggersnoyesyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornoneselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)yesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes, using Linux fsyncyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes, run db with in-memory only modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noyes (enterprise version only)simple password-based access control

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