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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. IBM Db2 vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. Greenplum vs. IBM Db2 vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.37
Rank#48  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.esgyn.cngreenplum.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greenplum.orgwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEsgynPivotal Software Inc.IBMSybase, SAP
Initial release2014201520051983 infohost version1993
Current release7.0.0, September 202312.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Multi-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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