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DBMS > 4D vs. Adabas vs. Coveo vs. OpenTSDB vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Adabas vs. Coveo vs. OpenTSDB vs. SiriDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  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 platformAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#87  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.45
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score1.83
Rank#147  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#352  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.coveo.comopentsdb.netsiridb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.coveo.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.siridb.com
Developer4D, IncSoftware AGCoveocurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsCesbit
Initial release19841971201220112017
Current releasev20, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes infoNumeric data
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynonono
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
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Telnet API
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
NaturalC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin Naturalnonono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistayesSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, with add-on product Event Replicatoryesselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)granular access controls, API key management, content filtersnosimple rights management via user accounts

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