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DBMS > 4D vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. BigchainDB vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaws.amazon.com/­simpledbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.bigchaindb.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncAmazonAtos Convergence CreatorsParadigma Software
Initial release19842007201620161999
Current releasev20, April 202317035.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaPython
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalnoyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nononoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APILDAPCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindingsGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
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 groupsAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)LDAP bind authenticationyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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