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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOracles in-memory data grid solutionThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query ServerSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#350  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.nuodb.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencehelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperMicrosoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OracleSAP, SybaseTranswarp
Initial release2010201320071987
Current releaseV1214.1, August 202316.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++JavaC and C++
Server operating systemshostedhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLJava, SQLnoJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersyesyesyes infoLive Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infooptionallyyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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