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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SWC-DB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query ServerTime Series DBMS
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Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Score32.67
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEsgynSAP, SybaseAlex Kashirin
Initial release19712014201519872020
Current release16.00.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoJava Stored ProceduresJava and Transact-SQLno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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