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DBMS > Adabas vs. DolphinDB vs. FatDB vs. Hypertable vs. InfinityDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. DolphinDB vs. FatDB vs. Hypertable vs. InfinityDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Wide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.dolphindb.comboilerbay.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperSoftware AGDolphinDB, IncFatCloudHypertable Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.
Initial release19712018201220092002
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20220.9.8.11, March 20164.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community version availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C++Java
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like query languageno 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
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
C++ API
Thrift
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
C#C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesyes infovia applicationsnono
Triggersnonoyes infovia applicationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioningShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnonoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Administrators, Users, Groupsno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsnono

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