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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. SiteWhere

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperSoftware AGAlibabaMemgraph LtdSiteWhere
Initial release1971201420172010
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalpredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesNaturalJava
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
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)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Alibaba Cloud PolarDBLokiJSMemgraphSiteWhere
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