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DBMS > Adabas vs. NCache vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. NCache vs. OpenTSDB vs. SAP IQ vs. STSdb

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheopentsdb.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmlhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGAlachisoftcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSAP, formerly SybaseSTS Soft SC
Initial release19712005201119942011
Current release5.3.3, April 202416.1 SPS04, April 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoLGPLcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyesno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistayesSharding infobased on HBaseshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseSAP/Sybase Replication Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"NCacheOpenTSDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQSTSdb
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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