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NameNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score32.67
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequasar.aiwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardbSAP, SybaseSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2013200919872001
Current release3.14.1, January 202416.03.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++C++
Server operating systemshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infointeger and binaryyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infowith tagsyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLnoJava and Transact-SQLno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioningSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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