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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. RDFox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orghbase.apache.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release1984201420082017
Current releasev20, April 20232.3.4, January 20216.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
replication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRoles, resources, and access types

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