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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Snowflake

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.16
Rank#113  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#183  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score147.36
Rank#7  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release198419842014
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMShosted
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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