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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Graphite vs. GreptimeDB vs. HyperSQL vs. XTDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgreptime.comhsqldb.orggithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.greptime.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGChris DavisGreptime Inc.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release19712006202220012019
Current release2.7.2, June 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonRustJavaClojure
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
Unix
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 Gatewaynoyesyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
HTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalnoPythonJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornonenoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"GraphiteGreptimeDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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