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DBMS > Adabas vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for Hadoop
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSSearch engineDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.html
DeveloperSoftware AGAmazonApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Cloudera
Initial release1971201220122013
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynoSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnouser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduce
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistayes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes infomanaged transparently by AWSselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)authentication via encrypted signaturesDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberos

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