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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. InfinityDB vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. InfinityDB vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. Sphinx

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceApplication development environment with integrated database management systemThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphboilerbay.comwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latesthelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Progress Software CorporationSAP, SybaseSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20162002198419872001
Current release2.1, December 20184.0OpenEdge 12.2, March 202016.03.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesJava and Transact-SQLno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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