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DBMS > Adabas vs. GBase vs. Milvus vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GBase vs. Milvus vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. STSdb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.gbase.cnmilvus.iowww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperSoftware AGGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Sybase, SAPSTS Soft SC
Initial release19712004201919932011
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.3.4, January 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC++, GoC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayStandard with numerous extensionsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Delphi
Perl
PHP
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
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 infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"GBaseMilvusSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSSTSdb
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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