DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. OrientDB vs. SpaceTime vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. OrientDB vs. SpaceTime vs. TempoIQ

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Name

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Description

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

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networks

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.

Scalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Key-value store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	2.64
Rank	#104	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	3.02
Rank	#88	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#6	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#7	Spatial DBMS

Website

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

atos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repository

orientdb.org

www.mireo.com/spacetime

tempoiq.com (offline)

Technical documentation

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Developer

Software AG

Atos Convergence Creators

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Mireo

TempoIQ

Initial release

1971

2016

2010

2020

2012

Current release

1703

3.2.29, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache version 2

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

Linux

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Linux

Data scheme

yes

Schema and schema-less with LDAP views

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

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.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

SQL-like query language, no joins

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

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

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

LDAP

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

RESTful HTTP API

HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Natural

All languages with LDAP bindings

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C#
C++
Python

C#
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

Java, Javascript

Triggers

yes

Hooks

yes

Realtime Alerts

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

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

Sharding

cell division

Sharding

Fixed-grid hypercubes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

yes

Multi-source replication

Real-time block device replication (DRBD)

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Atomic execution of specific operations

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

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.

yes

User concepts

Access control

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

LDAP bind authentication

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

yes

simple authentication-based access control

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