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DBMS > SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore vs. SWC-DB

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NameSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.87
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score4.19
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#373  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.singlestore.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperSAP infoformerly SybaseSingleStore Inc.Alex Kashirin
Initial release199220132020
Current release17, July 20158.5, January 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyesno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infohash partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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SAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server AnywhereSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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