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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Databend vs. Ehcache vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Databend vs. Ehcache vs. FileMaker

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#283  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
www.ehcache.orgwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databend.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabend LabsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release19712014202120091983
Current release1.0.59, April 20233.10.0, March 202219.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustJava
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Linux
macOS
All OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesyesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoyes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaPHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnononoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornonenoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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