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DBMS > Adabas vs. Blazegraph vs. Datomic vs. NCache vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Blazegraph vs. Datomic vs. NCache vs. SAP IQ

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#217  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.56
Rank#106  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlblazegraph.comwww.datomic.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.datomic.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGBlazegraphCognitectAlachisoftSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release19712006201220051994
Current release2.1.5, March 20191.0.7180, July 20245.3.3, April 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ClojureC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySPARQL is used as query languagenoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
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
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesyes infoTransaction Functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
TriggersnonoBy using transaction functionsyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes, with selectable consistency levelSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Security and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)noAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"BlazegraphDatomicNCacheSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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