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DBMS > Adabas vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scale
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlnewdatabase.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.ehcache.orggeospock.com
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentation
DeveloperSoftware AGMobiland AGEnterpriseDBTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpock
Initial release1971201820052009
Current release1.1.263, October 202214, December 20213.10.0, March 20222.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaJava, Javascript
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
WindowsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnotemporal, categorical
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JCacheJDBC
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nono
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replicationyes infoby using Terracotta Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Windows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per table

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