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DBMS > Adabas vs. BigchainDB vs. HBase vs. PouchDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. BigchainDB vs. HBase vs. PouchDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument storeWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comhbase.apache.orgpouchdb.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latesthbase.apache.org/­book.htmlpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperSoftware AGApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationSybase, SAP
Initial release19712016200820121993
Current release2.3.4, January 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache version 2Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptions to bring your own types, AVROnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynononoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesNaturalGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptDelphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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