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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Graphite vs. KairosDB vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Graphite vs. KairosDB vs. OrigoDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2A fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score3.58
Rank#91  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdborigodb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgraphite.readthedocs.iokairosdb.github.ioorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffChris DavisRobert Friberg et al
Initial release19712014200620132009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release1.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptPythonJavaC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoNumeric data onlyyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
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.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 APIHTTP API
Sockets
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnononoyes
Triggersnoyesnonoyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanonenoneSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornonenoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nonosimple password-based access controlRole based authorization

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