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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Phoenix vs. HarperDB vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Phoenix vs. HarperDB vs. KairosDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlphoenix.apache.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docskairosdb.github.io
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software FoundationHarperDB
Initial release19842013201420172013
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20225.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.1, August 20211.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
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 groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control

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