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DBMS > Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. Sadas Engine vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. mSQL vs. Sadas Engine vs. XTDB

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NameMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServermSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperMicrosoftHughes TechnologiesSADAS s.r.l.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release2010199420062019
Current releaseV124.4, October 20218.01.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++CC++Clojure
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQLnonono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with always 3 replicas availablenonenoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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