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DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Fauna vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Fauna vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Tkrzw

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  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 networksFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryfauna.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantdbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudant
DeveloperSoftware AGAtos Convergence CreatorsFauna, Inc.IBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Mikio Hirabayashi
Initial release19712016201420102020
Current release17030.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScalaErlangC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxhostedhostedLinux
macOS
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
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
LDAPRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages with LDAP bindingsC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnouser defined functionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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.noyesnonoyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)LDAP bind authenticationIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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