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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Apache Impala vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comimpala.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncAltibaseApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaInterSystemsParadigma Software
Initial release19841999201320181999
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20234.1.0, June 20222023.3, June 20235.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAltibaseApache ImpalaInterSystems IRISValentina Server
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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