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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Trafodion vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. YugabyteDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comtrafodion.apache.orgvictoriametrics.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmldocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
docs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPVictoriaMetricsYugabyte Inc.
Initial release1984201420182017
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20242.3.0, February 2019v1.91, May 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaGoC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data model
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, via HBaseSynchronous replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBasenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
More information provided by the system vendor
MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DTrafodionVictoriaMetricsYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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