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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OceanBase vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OceanBase vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.57
Rank#149  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseen.oceanbase.comwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­torodb/­serverwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-databasewww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperMicrosoftOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant GroupSADAS s.r.l.8KdataParadigma Software
Initial release20102010200620161999
Current releaseV124.3.0, April 20248.05.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoCommercial license availablecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++Java
Server operating systemshostedLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idyes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modenoyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication using PaxosnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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