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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdrill.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdrill.apache.org/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroic
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotify
Initial release19842012201320092014
Current releasev20, April 20231.20.3, January 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnononoyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++GoJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyesnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsDepending on the underlying data sourcenono

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