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DBMS > Adabas vs. InfinityDB vs. Realm vs. Teradata Aster vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. InfinityDB vs. Realm vs. Teradata Aster vs. Yaacomo

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA 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 DataPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlboilerbay.comrealm.ioyaacomo.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperSoftware AGBoiler Bay Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019TeradataQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release19712002201420052009
Current release4.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesyes
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.nononoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNaturalJava.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryR packages
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanonenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornonenoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyes infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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