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DBMS > Adabas vs. BaseX vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. QuestDB vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. BaseX vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. QuestDB vs. Riak TS

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  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.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSNative XML DBMSKey-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbasex.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablequestdb.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsquestdb.io/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperSoftware AGBaseX GmbHGoogleQuestDB Technology IncOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release19712007201520142015
Current release11.2, August 20243.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustErlang
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesnoyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynonoSQL with time-series extensionsyes, limited
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
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesNaturalActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalyesnonoErlang
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnonoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerAtomic single-row operationsACID for single-table writesno
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.nonoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Users with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)no
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