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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is 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 multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score1.04
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsInterSystemsOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release19842012199720141984
Current releasev20, April 202330.0.0, June 20242018.1.4, May 20207.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP Open VMS
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddepending on used data modelschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users, groups and rolesno

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