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DBMS > Adabas vs. Apache Impala vs. Interbase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Apache Impala vs. Interbase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SWC-DB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlimpala.apache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaselearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperSoftware AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaEmbarcaderoMicrosoftAlex Kashirin
Initial release19712013198420152020
Current release4.1.0, June 2022InterBase 2020, December 2019V10.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
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 infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoSQL-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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factorInterbase Change Viewsyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
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 Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing Azure authentication

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