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DBMS > Adabas vs. Blueflood vs. Derby vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Blueflood vs. Derby vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlblueflood.iodb.apache.org/­derbywww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequasar.ai
Technical documentationgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikidb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperSoftware AGRackspaceApache Software FoundationDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardb
Initial release19712013199720132009
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyespredefined schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynoyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
HTTP RESTJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJava.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoJava Stored ProceduresJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infobased on Cassandranonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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