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DBMS > Adabas vs. Datomic vs. NuoDB vs. Speedb vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Datomic vs. NuoDB vs. Speedb vs. STSdb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.datomic.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.speedb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperSoftware AGCognitectDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SpeedbSTS Soft SC
Initial release19712012201320202011
Current release1.0.6735, June 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++C++C#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
All OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesNaturalClojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava, SQLnono
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocolyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnono
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"DatomicNuoDBSpeedbSTSdb
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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