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DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. SAP IQ vs. SWC-DB vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. SAP IQ vs. SWC-DB vs. Teradata Aster

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore 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 networksColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infocolumn-orientedWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGAtos Convergence CreatorsSAP, formerly SybaseAlex KashirinTeradata
Initial release19712016199420202005
Current release170316.1 SPS04, April 20190.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesnonoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynoyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesNaturalAll languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoyesnoR packages
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infocell divisionshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
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.noyesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)LDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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