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DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  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 networksGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.High performance Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Key-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.58
Rank#91  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.58
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score7.70
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score5.71
Rank#64  Overall
#8  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycloud.google.com/­bigtablekx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docscode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperSoftware AGAtos Convergence CreatorsGoogleKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoft
Initial release1971201620152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015
Current release17033.6, May 2018V1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaq
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxhostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyesyes
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynonoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
LDAPgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages with LDAP bindingsC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infowith viewsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infocell divisionShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsAtomic single-row operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)LDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authentication
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Atos Standard Common RepositoryGoogle Cloud BigtableKdbMicrosoft Azure AI Search
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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