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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. OpenSearch vs. Raima Database Manager vs. TigerGraph

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Name

Description

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

used typically together with the Natural programming platform

A distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene

RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server

A complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Search engine

Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS

Graph DBMS

Secondary database models

Vector DBMS

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Score	3.17
Rank	#94	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Score	16.36
Rank	#37	Overall
	#4	Search engines

Score	0.46
Rank	#259	Overall
	#120	Relational DBMS
	#22	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.83
Rank	#139	Overall
	#13	Graph DBMS

Website

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

github.com/opensearch-project
opensearch.org

raima.com

www.tigergraph.com

Technical documentation

opensearch.org/docs/latest

docs.raima.com

docs.tigergraph.com

Developer

Software AG

Amazon Web Services

Raima Inc.

Initial release

1971

2021

1984

2017

Current release

2.5.0, January 2023

15, June 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE

All OS with a Java VM

Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Flexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent

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.

Exporting/Importing of XML structures possible

Secondary indexes

yes

All search fields are automatically indexed

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

with add-on product Adabas SQL Gateway

SQL-like query language

yes

SQL-like query language (GSQL)

APIs and other access methods

HTTP API

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

with add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway

Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Natural

Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

Elasticsearch client

.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL

C++
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

in Natural

yes

based on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification

yes

Triggers

yes

by using the 'percolation' feature

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

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

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes, with add-on product Event Replicator

yes

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Synchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

User concepts

Access control

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

Role-based access control

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Specific characteristics

OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantages

Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenarios

The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customers

Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metrics

Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing models

The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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News

Raima Unveils RaimaDB 16.0: Elevating Database Performance and User Experience
29 February 2024

Raima Announces Release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) v15, a Powerful Embedded Time Series Database
10 June 2021

Raima Announces Release of Raima Database Manager (RDM) v14.2, a Powerful IoT Edge Embedded Database
8 October 2020

Raima Joins BlackBerry QNX Channel Partner Program to Deliver Safety-Critical and Secure Software Solutions
1 October 2020

Raima Expands Their Reseller Network in Asia
19 May 2020

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