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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Quasardb vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score18.98
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Websiteboilerbay.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsquasar.aiwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.MicrosoftquasardbSybase, SAP
Initial release2002201620091993
Current release4.03.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modeno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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