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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. FileMaker vs. mSQL vs. OpenQM

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.claris.com/­filemakerhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGCambridge SemanticsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHughes TechnologiesRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release19712018198319941993
Current release2.3, January 202119.4.1, November 20214.4, October 20213.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.yes infovia pluginsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Apache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++
Java
Python
PHPC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functions and aggregatesyesnoyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaAutomatic shardingnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replication in MPP-ClusterSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoKerberos/HDFS data loadingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusternoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infonot needed in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights for users and rolessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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