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DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeDocument storeDocument store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperSoftware AGAtos Convergence CreatorsApache Software Foundation
Initial release19712016201620142012
Current release17037.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnonono
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
LDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infocell divisionShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)LDAP bind authenticationyesnono

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