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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Quasardb vs. Sequoiadb vs. Sphinx vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Quasardb vs. Sequoiadb vs. Sphinx vs. TimesTen

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comquasar.aiwww.sequoiadb.comsphinxsearch.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997quasardbSequoiadb Ltd.Sphinx Technologies Inc.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19842009201320011998
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20243.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexnoyes
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 indexesyesyes infowith tagsyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSONProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJavaScriptnoPL/SQL
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transactionnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailsimple password-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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