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DBMS > Kdb vs. OpenEdge vs. openGauss vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. OpenEdge vs. openGauss vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitekx.comwww.progress.com/­openedgegitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationcode.kx.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
help.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcProgress Software CorporationHuawei and openGauss communitySAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003198420191992
Current release3.6, May 2018OpenEdge 12.2, March 20203.0, March 202217, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageqC, C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)yes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL 2011yes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4horizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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KdbOpenEdgeopenGaussSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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