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DBMS > Adabas vs. Kingbase vs. Linter vs. OushuDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Kingbase vs. Linter vs. OushuDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.RDBMS for high security requirementsA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.kingbase.com.cnlinter.ruwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBterminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.oushu.com/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperSoftware AGBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.relex.ruOushuDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release1971199919902018
Current releaseV8.0, August 20214.0.1, August 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaC and C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayStandard with numerous extensionsyesFull-featured ANSI SQL supportSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
C
C++
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functionsyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyesyes
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistahorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneyesGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesSource-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKerberos, SSL and role based accessRole-based access control

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