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DBMS > 4D vs. Amazon Redshift vs. DataFS vs. GeoMesa

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Amazon Redshift vs. DataFS vs. GeoMesa

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Redshift  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemLarge scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence toolsAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score16.88
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaws.amazon.com/­redshiftnewdatabase.comwww.geomesa.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.aws.amazon.com/­redshiftdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
Developer4D, IncAmazon (based on PostgreSQL)Mobiland AGCCRi and others
Initial release1984201220182014
Current releasev20, April 20231.1.263, October 20225.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCScala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeyesyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes
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 indexesyesrestrictednoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infodoes not fully support an SQL-standardnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions infoin Pythonno
Triggersyesnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingProprietary Sharding systemdepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesdepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoinformational only, not enforced by the systemyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.noyesnodepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardWindows-Profileyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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