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DBMS > 4D vs. Altibase vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksFully managed big data interactive analytics platform
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infocolumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoIf a column is of type dynamic docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types/­dynamic then it's possible to add arbitrary JSON documents in this cell
Event Store infothis is the general usage pattern at Microsoft. Billing, Logs, Telemetry events are stored in ADX and the state of an individual entity is defined by the arg_max(timestamps)
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infosupport for complex search expressions docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­parseoperator FTS, Geospatial docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­geo-point-to-geohash-function distributed search -> ADX acts as a distributed search engine
Time Series DBMS infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer/­time-series-analysis
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score3.85
Rank#86  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score5.16
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryazure.microsoft.com/­services/­data-explorer
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer
Developer4D, IncAltibaseApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsAtos Convergence CreatorsMicrosoft
Initial release19841999200020162019
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20234.9.0, July 20231703cloud service with continuous releases
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF SchemasSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsFixed schema with schema-less datatypes (dynamic)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes infobool, datetime, dynamic, guid, int, long, real, string, timespan, double: docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92nonoKusto Query Language (KQL), SQL subset
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
LDAPMicrosoft SQL Server communication protocol (MS-TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
JavaAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PowerShell
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsyesnoYes, possible languages: KQL, Python, R
Triggersyesyesyes infovia event handleryesyes infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­management/­updatepolicy
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoSpark connector (open source): github.com/­Azure/­azure-kusto-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoTDB TransactionsAtomic execution of specific operationsno
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-standardAccess control via Jena SecurityLDAP bind authenticationAzure Active Directory Authentication

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