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DBMS > 4D vs. AntDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. IBM Db2 vs. IRONdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AntDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. IBM Db2 vs. IRONdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.ibm.com/­products/­db2www.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2docs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebook
Developer4D, IncAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedAtos Convergence CreatorsIBMCirconus LLC.
Initial release198420161983 infohost version2017
Current releasev20, April 2023170312.1, October 2016V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial infofree version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Data schemeyesyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes infotext, numeric, histograms
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL2016 compliantnoyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes, in Lua
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)configurable replication factor, datacenter aware
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
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 groupsLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAntDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2IRONdb
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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