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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Geode vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Geode vs. PostGIS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Key-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygeode.apache.orgpostgis.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docsgeode.apache.org/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.
Initial release19842012201620022005
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 202317031.1, February 20173.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also required
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyes
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.yesnoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query language (OQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisionShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights per client and object definableyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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