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DBMS > Adabas vs. Altibase vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Altibase vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Qdrant

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlaltibase.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGAltibaseAtos Convergence CreatorsMicrosoftQdrant
Initial release19711999201620152021
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231703V1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++JavaRust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxhostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayANSI SQL-92nonono
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
Proprietary protocol
LDAPRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
C++
Java
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalstored procedures and stored functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingSharding infocell divisionSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationyes infousing Azure authenticationKey-based authentication

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