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DBMS > DataFS vs. HarperDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. HarperDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll 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.HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.The SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#22  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#245  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score29.00
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.harperdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.harperdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperMobiland AGHarperDBSAP, Sybase
Initial release201820171987
Current release1.1.263, October 20223.1, August 202116.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)dynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Java and Transact-SQL
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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