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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Netezza vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Netezza vs. Quasardb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score8.59
Rank#45  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzaquasar.ai
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9doc.quasar.ai/­master
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)IBMquasardb
Initial release19842014199120002009
Current releasev20, April 20235.73.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalyesyes infointeger and binary
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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