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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Amazon Aurora vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. NCache

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonHigh performance Time Series DBMSA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.91
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlaws.amazon.com/­rds/­aurorakx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmlcode.kx.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGAmazonKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftAlachisoft
Initial release197120152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122005
Current release3.6, May 20185.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageqC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesNaturalAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesuser defined functionsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyesyes infowith viewsnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnooptimistic lockingoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
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-standardrights management via user accountsAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Amazon AuroraKdbMicrosoft Azure Table StorageNCache
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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