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DBMS > Adabas vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. GreptimeDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. VelocityDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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 platformAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgreptime.comwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperSoftware AGGreptime Inc.Sybase, SAPVelocityDB Inc
Initial release1971202219932011
Current release7.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageRustC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.Net
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Delphi
Perl
PHP
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalPythonyesno
TriggersnoyesCallbacks 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 replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Simple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardBased on Windows Authentication
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"GreptimeDBSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSVelocityDB
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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