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DBMS > Adabas vs. Lovefield vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Lovefield vs. OrigoDB vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.86
Rank#89  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#322  Overall
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#381  Overall
#54  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.87
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldorigodb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdorigodb.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywherewww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperSoftware AGGoogleRobert Friberg et alSAP infoformerly SybaseSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release197120142009 infounder the name LiveDB19922013
Current release2.1.12, February 201717, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScript.NetC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnoyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlJavaScript
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noRole based authorizationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control

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