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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Brytlyt vs. Kdb vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Qdrant

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLHigh performance Time Series DBMSA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbrytlyt.iokx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationdocs.brytlyt.iocode.kx.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGBrytlytKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Qdrant
Initial release197120162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200319842021
Current release5.0, August 20233.6, May 20187.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and CUDAqRust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayyesSQL-like query language (q)yesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes, on a single node
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsKey-based authentication
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"BrytlytKdbOracle RdbQdrant
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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