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DBMS > FatDB vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SAP IQ vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SAP IQ vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperFatCloudDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SAP, SybaseSAP, formerly SybaseSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20122013198719941992
Current release16.016.1 SPS04, April 201917, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC#C++C and C++
Server operating systemsWindowshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsJava, SQLJava and Transact-SQLyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
SAP/Sybase Replication ServerSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.yes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine 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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