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DBMS > Adabas vs. DataFS vs. FatDB vs. Fauna vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. DataFS vs. FatDB vs. Fauna vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the 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.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Fauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Oracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph 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
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlnewdatabase.comfauna.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.fauna.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperSoftware AGMobiland AGFatCloudFauna, Inc.Oracle
Initial release19712018201220142007
Current release1.1.263, October 202214.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC#ScalaJava
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
WindowsWindowshostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynono infoVia inetgration in SQL Servernono
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 Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
RESTful HTTP APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infovia applicationsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes infovia applicationsnoyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaProprietary Sharding systemShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatorselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infooptionally
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)Windows-Profileno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsIdentity management, authentication, and access controlauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication

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