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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. FoundationDB vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. FoundationDB vs. Postgres-XL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.27
Rank#112  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.90
Rank#197  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score0.98
Rank#186  Overall
#32  Document stores
#27  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
Developer4D, IncAlibabaAtos Convergence CreatorsFoundationDB
Initial release1984201620132014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current releasev20, April 202317036.2.28, November 202010 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalno infosome layers support typingyes
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.yesyesyesyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
Java
PHP
Python
All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoin SQL-layer onlyuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infocell divisionShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoin SQL-layer onlyyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID infoMVCC
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardLDAP bind authenticationnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLAtos Standard Common RepositoryFoundationDBPostgres-XL
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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