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DBMS > Adabas vs. PouchDB vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. PouchDB vs. SAP IQ

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.58
Rank#91  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlpouchdb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guideshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperSoftware AGApache Software FoundationSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release197120121994
Current release7.1.1, June 201916.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynoyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
SAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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