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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Manticore Search vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. Manticore Search vs. searchxml

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.04
Rank#87  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#397  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgmanticoresearch.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmanual.manticoresearch.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffManticore Softwareinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release1971201420172015
Current release6.0, February 20231.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFixed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nonoCan index from XMLyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
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 query languageno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnouser defined functionsyes infoon the application server
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nonoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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