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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Greenplum vs. InfinityDB vs. Realm vs. TerarkDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgreenplum.orgboilerbay.comrealm.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.greenplum.orgboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualrealm.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperSoftware AGPivotal Software Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release19712005200220142016
Current release7.0.0, September 20234.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesno
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC
Java
Perl
Python
R
Java.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesno

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