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DBMS > Drizzle vs. MaxDB vs. RDFox vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. MaxDB vs. RDFox vs. SAP IQ

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Score2.56
Rank#106  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oxford Semantic TechnologiesSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2008198420171994
Current release7.2.4, September 20127.9.10.12, February 20246.0, Septermber 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationreplication via a shared file systemSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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