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DBMS > 4D vs. Adabas vs. BigObject vs. MaxDB vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Adabas vs. BigObject vs. MaxDB vs. searchxml

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comwww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlbigobject.iomaxdb.sap.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bigobject.iomaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Developer4D, IncSoftware AGBigObject, Inc.SAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997informationpartners gmbh
Initial release19841971201519842015
Current releasev20, April 20237.9.10.12, February 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewaySQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Natural.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin NaturalLuayesyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneSource-replica replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
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.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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