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DBMS > Microsoft SQL Server vs. OpenEdge vs. openGemini vs. Raima Database Manager vs. RavenDB

System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. OpenEdge vs. openGemini vs. Raima Database Manager vs. RavenDB

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score807.76
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#268  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
raima.comravendb.net
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.opengemini.org/­guidedocs.raima.comravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperMicrosoftProgress Software CorporationHuawei and openGemini communityRaima Inc.Hibernating Rhinos
Initial release19891984202219842010
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 20201.1, July 202315, June 20215.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoCC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyesno
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayesnoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationhorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Shardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groupsAdministrators and common users accountsnoAuthorization levels configured per client per database
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Microsoft SQL ServerOpenEdgeopenGeminiRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaRavenDB
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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