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DBMS > 4D vs. Altibase vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Drizzle vs. SpaceTime

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.80
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.21
Rank#182  Overall
#83  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#394  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manuals
Developer4D, IncAltibaseAtos Convergence CreatorsDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMireo
Initial release19841999201620082020
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 202317037.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92noyes infowith proprietary extensionsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
LDAPJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
All languages with LDAP bindingsC
C++
Java
PHP
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsnonono
Triggersyesyesyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisionShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Real-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
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 authenticationPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes

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