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DBMS > MaxDB vs. RavenDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. RavenDB vs. SpaceTime vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.comravendb.netwww.mireo.com/­spacetimespark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationravendb.net/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Hibernating RhinosMireoApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release19842010202020142011
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20245.4, July 20223.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C++ScalaC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (RQL)A subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnonono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubesyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availablenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
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-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyesnono

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