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DBMS > Adabas vs. GeoMesa vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GeoMesa vs. NuoDB vs. OpenTSDB vs. Quasardb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.geomesa.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseopentsdb.netquasar.ai
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldoc.nuodb.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperSoftware AGCCRi and othersDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.currently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsquasardb
Initial release19712014201320112009
Current release5.0.0, May 20243.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoLGPLcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes infointeger and binary
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaynoyesnoSQL-like query language
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
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Telnet API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoJava, SQLnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistadepending on storage layerdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infobased on HBaseSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatordepending on storage layeryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryes infoTemporary tablenoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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