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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. KairosDB vs. NCache vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. KairosDB vs. NCache vs. Trafodion

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachetrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlkairosdb.github.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlachisoftApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release19842014201320052014
Current releasev20, April 20231.2.2, November 20185.3.3, April 20242.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesyesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIGraphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on CassandrayesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes, with selectable consistency levelyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnosimple password-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlaSQLKairosDBNCacheTrafodion
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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