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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Dragonfly vs. Raima Database Manager vs. RRDtool vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDragonfly  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA drop-in Redis replacement that scales vertically to support millions of operations per second and terabyte sized workloads, all on a single instanceRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Distributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.41
Rank#266  Overall
#38  Key-value stores
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#350  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgithub.com/­dragonflydb/­dragonfly
www.dragonflydb.io
raima.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationwww.dragonflydb.io/­docsdocs.raima.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperSoftware AGDragonflyDB team and community contributorsRaima Inc.Tobias OetikerTranswarp
Initial release1971202319841999
Current release1.0, March 202315, June 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1commercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesscheme-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesstrings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bit arraysyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
C#
C++
Clojure
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalLuayes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersnopublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionalityyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of command blocks and scriptsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, strict serializability by the serveryes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Password-based authenticationnono
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"DragonflyRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaRRDtoolTranswarp ArgoDB
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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