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DBMS > 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Alibaba Cloud Log Service vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache IoTDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud Log Service  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA complete real-time data logging service that supports collection, consumption, shipping, search, and analysis of logs.Analytic DBMS for HadoopAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and Flink
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.47
Rank#263  Overall
#18  Search engines
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­log-serviceimpala.apache.orgiotdb.apache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­slsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmliotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.html
Developer4D, IncAlibabaCloud Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation
Initial release1984201620132018
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20221.1.0, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication3 replicasselectable replication factorselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicas
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop Connectoryes infoquery execution via MapReduceIntegration with Hadoop and Spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAlibaba Cloud user access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlibaba Cloud Log ServiceApache ImpalaApache IoTDB
Specific characteristicsA real-time service for telementry data (log, metric, trace). Alibaba Cloud Log Service...
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Competitive advantages* Ease of use: Completes data collections from more than 30 data sources within five...
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Typical application scenarios* Log/Trace/Event Search & Analysis * Application Monitoring * Operation Analysis...
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Key customers* Alibaba & Ant-Finance:he infrastructure service for the Corp * Over 22k Subscriber...
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Licensing and pricing modelsPay-As-You-Go https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/log-service/pricing
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