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DBMS > Adabas vs. NuoDB vs. Riak TS vs. RRDtool vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. NuoDB vs. Riak TS vs. RRDtool vs. Valentina Server

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperSoftware AGDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Open Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesTobias OetikerParadigma Software
Initial release19712013201519991999
Current release3.0.0, September 20221.8.0, 20225.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyesrestrictednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewayyesyes, limitednoyes
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
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
in-process shared library
Pipes
ODBC
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalJava, SQLErlangnoyes
Triggersnoyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistadata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infolinks between datasets can be storednoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
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.noyes infoTemporary tableyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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