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DBMS > Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Netezza vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. Netezza vs. NuoDB vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score20.56
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperMicrosoftMicrosoftIBMDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Sybase, SAP
Initial release20152016200020131993
Current releaseV1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux infoincluded in appliancehosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
PHP
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLyesJava, SQLyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding, horizontal partitioningShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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 infoTemporary tableno infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing Azure authenticationyesUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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