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DBMS > Adabas vs. BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Hypertable vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Hypertable vs. NCache

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAn embedded key-value store for Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGCockroach LabsHypertable Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release19712013201520092005
Current release24.1.0, May 20240.9.8.11, March 20165.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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 indexesyesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JDBCC++ API
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesNaturalGoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnononono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnonononoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor on file system levelyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noRole-based access controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"BoltDBCockroachDBHypertableNCache
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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