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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. Yanza

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.commaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlyanza.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperDatabricksSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftSybase, SAPYanza
Initial release20131984201619932015
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
PHP
Delphi
Perl
PHP
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesTransact SQLyesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
DatabricksMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSYanza
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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