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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Ehcache

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#200  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comwww.ehcache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.ehcache.org/­documentation
Developer4D, IncAltibaseTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release198419992009
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JCache
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsno
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Server
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infoby using Terracotta Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resource
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approach
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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