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DBMS > MaxDB vs. OrientDB vs. Prometheus vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. OrientDB vs. Prometheus vs. SpaceTime

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Open-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comorientdb.orgprometheus.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPMireo
Initial release1984201020152020
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaGoC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language, no joinsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, Javascriptnono
TriggersyesHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infoby FederationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenoyes

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