DBMS > Adabas vs. Lovefield vs. Realm vs. ReductStore vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Lovefield vs. Realm vs. ReductStore vs. SpaceTime

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Name

Description

OLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	2.79
Rank	#102	Overall
	#2	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	7.41
Rank	#52	Overall
	#8	Document stores

Score	0.05
Rank	#384	Overall
	#44	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.03
Rank	#392	Overall
	#8	Spatial DBMS

Website

www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/platform/adabas-natural.html

google.github.io/lovefield

realm.io

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

www.mireo.com/spacetime

Technical documentation

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

realm.io/docs

www.reduct.store/docs

Developer

Software AG

Google

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

ReductStore LLC

Mireo

Initial release

1971

2014

2023

2020

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

1.9, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++, Rust

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

HTTP API

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Natural

JavaScript

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

C#
C++
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

Triggers

Using read-only observers

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vista

none

Fixed-grid hypercubes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

none

Real-time block device replication (DRBD)

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

In-Memory realm

User concepts

Access control

only with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)

yes

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