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DBMS > Adabas vs. EXASOL vs. SAP IQ vs. SiriDB vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. EXASOL vs. SAP IQ vs. SiriDB vs. Snowflake

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsOpen Source Time Series DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.exasol.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsiridb.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.siridb.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperSoftware AGExasolSAP, formerly SybaseCesbitSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release19712000199420172014
Current release16.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsyesnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
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.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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