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DBMS > Adabas vs. DataFS vs. EXASOL vs. OpenQM vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. DataFS vs. EXASOL vs. OpenQM vs. Riak TS

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
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.High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score2.64
Rank#104  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlnewdatabase.comwww.exasol.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperSoftware AGMobiland AGExasolRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release19712018200019932015
Current release1.1.263, October 20223.4-123.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageErlang
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
WindowsAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyesnoyes, limited
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
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Java
Lua
Python
R
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsyesErlang
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaProprietary Sharding systemShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoHadoop integrationnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Windows-ProfileAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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