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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. ArcadeDB vs. DataFS vs. Ingres

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Name

Description

OLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewritten

All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

Well established RDBMS

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS

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Object oriented DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

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Score	2.79
Rank	#102	Overall
	#2	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.10
Rank	#358	Overall
	#48	Document stores
	#38	Graph DBMS
	#52	Key-value stores
	#35	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.09
Rank	#360	Overall
	#17	Object oriented DBMS

Score	3.80
Rank	#82	Overall
	#44	Relational DBMS

Website

www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/platform/adabas-natural.html

arcadedb.com

newdatabase.com

www.actian.com/databases/ingres

Technical documentation

docs.arcadedb.com

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

docs.actian.com/ingres

Developer

Software AG

Arcade Data

Mobiland AG

Actian Corporation

Initial release

1971

2021

2018

1974

originally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s

Current release

September 2021

1.1.263, October 2022

11.2, May 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

All OS with a Java VM

Windows

AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

but tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)

Supported programming languages

Natural

Java

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

yes

Triggers

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vista

Proprietary Sharding system

horizontal partitioning

Ingres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

Source-replica replication

Ingres Replicator

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

MVCC

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

User concepts

Access control

only with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)

Windows-Profile

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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