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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Realm vs. searchxml vs. Splice Machine vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Realm vs. searchxml vs. Splice Machine vs. STSdb

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.54
Rank#250  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.comrealm.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssplicemachine.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationrealm.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutssplicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019informationpartners gmbhSplice MachineSTS Soft SC
Initial release19842014201520142011
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20241.03.1, March 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes infoon the application serveryes infoJavano
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoYes, via Full Spark Integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyes infoIn-Memory realmnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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