DBMS > Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. ScyllaDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. ScyllaDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Yanza

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Name

This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.

Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.

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

Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store

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

Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Key-value store

Wide column store

Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Key-value store

Relational DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	3.17
Rank	#94	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	4.75
Rank	#68	Overall
	#5	Wide column stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#7	Spatial DBMS

Website

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

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

www.scylladb.com

www.mireo.com/spacetime

yanza.com

Technical documentation

docs.scylladb.com

Developer

Software AG

Atos Convergence Creators

ScyllaDB

Mireo

Yanza

Initial release

1971

2016

2015

2020

2015

Current release

1703

ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Open Source (AGPL), commercial license available

commercial

free version available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

but mainly used as a service provided by Yanza

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

Linux

Windows

Data scheme

yes

Schema and schema-less with LDAP views

schema-free

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

cluster global secondary indices

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)

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

Proprietary protocol (CQL)

compatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift

RESTful HTTP API

HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Natural

All languages with LDAP bindings

For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby

C#
C++
Python

any language that supports HTTP calls

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

yes, Lua

Triggers

yes

Timer and event based

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

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

yes

selectable replication factor

Representation of geographical distribution of servers is possible

Real-time block device replication (DRBD)

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency

can be individually decided for each write operation

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Atomic execution of specific operations

Atomicity and isolation are supported for single operations

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

in-memory tables

User concepts

Access control

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

LDAP bind authentication

Access rights for users can be defined per object

yes

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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