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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. DataFS vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.The SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Graph DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score106.65
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#22  Object oriented DBMS
Score29.00
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsphelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookMobiland AGSAP, Sybase
Initial release200820181987
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20241.1.263, October 202216.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Proprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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