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DBMS > Adabas vs. BaseX vs. EsgynDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. BaseX vs. EsgynDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Valentina Server

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbasex.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orghelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperSoftware AGBaseX GmbHEsgynSAP, formerly SybaseParadigma Software
Initial release19712007201519941999
Current release10.7, August 202316.1 SPS04, April 20195.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalyesJava Stored Proceduresyesyes
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Users with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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