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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Apache Kylin vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. Apache Kylin vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Sphinx

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orgkylin.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorysphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designkylin.apache.org/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncAtos Convergence CreatorsSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release19842012201520162001
Current releasev20, April 202329.0.1, April 20243.1.0, July 202017033.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalno
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPProprietary protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindingsC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infocell divisionSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemLDAP bind authenticationno

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