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DBMS > Adabas vs. Geode vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Lovefield vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Geode vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Lovefield vs. VelocityDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score4.04
Rank#87  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.38
Rank#123  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.40
Rank#275  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#362  Overall
#38  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgeode.apache.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperSoftware AGOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Kyligence, Inc.GoogleVelocityDB Inc
Initial release19712002201620142011
Current release1.1, February 20172.1.12, February 20177.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like query language (OQL)ANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event ListenersUsing read-only observersCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights per client and object definablenoBased on Windows Authentication

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