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DBMS > 4D vs. Adabas vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Adabas vs. InfinityDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Realm

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  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 platformA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceOracles in-memory data grid solutionA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comwww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlboilerbay.comwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencerealm.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencerealm.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncSoftware AGBoiler Bay Inc.OracleRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19841971200220072014
Current releasev20, April 20234.014.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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 indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
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
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
NaturalJava.Net
C++
Java
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin Naturalnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnonoyes infoLive Eventsyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationyes

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