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DBMS > Adabas vs. Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. eXtremeDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Apache Impala vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. eXtremeDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlimpala.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.mcobject.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.datastax.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperSoftware AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataStaxMcObject
Initial release19712013201120012017
Current release4.1.0, June 20226.8, April 20208.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono infosupport of XML interfaces availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query language (GSQL)
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 infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyesyes
Triggersnonoyesyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal partitioning / sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
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.nonoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole-based access control
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Apache ImpalaDatastax EnterpriseeXtremeDBTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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eXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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eXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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IoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Schneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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With hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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For server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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