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DBMS > Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
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Score3.58
Rank#91  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#378  Overall
#51  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9origodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Robert Friberg et alSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release1971201419912009 infounder the name LiveDB1994
Current release5.716.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.nonoyesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
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.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnoyesyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneyesSource-replica replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnodepending on modelyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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