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DBMS > Adabas vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. NSDb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Apache Drill vs. Apache Impala vs. GBase vs. NSDb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of Kubernetes
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmldrill.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnnsdb.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperSoftware AGApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release19712012201320042017
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.1.0, June 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C, Java, PythonJava, Scala
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, string
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language
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
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsno
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesUsing Apache Lucene
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)Depending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes

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