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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. RDF4J vs. TDSQL for MySQL

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. RDF4J vs. TDSQL for MySQL

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonTDSQL for MySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A high-performance distributed database management system with features such as automatic sharding, intelligent operation and maintenance, elastic scalability without downtime, and enterprise-grade security. It is highly compatible with MySQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.85
Rank#205  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaserdf4j.orgwww.tencentcloud.com/­products/­dcdb
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.tencentcloud.com/­document/­product/­1042
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MicrosoftSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Tencent
Initial release1984201020042013
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024V12
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hosted
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLyesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availablenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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