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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Bangdb vs. mSQL vs. Solr

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Bangdb vs. mSQL vs. Solr

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgbangdb.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlsolr.apache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.bangdb.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSachin Sinha, BangDBHughes TechnologiesApache Software Foundation
Initial release19842013201219942006
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 2022BangDB 2.0, October 20214.4, October 20219.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD 3commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++CJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.yesnononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL like support with command line toolA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C#
C++
Java
Python
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoJava plugins
Triggersyesnoyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)noyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)noneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes, run db with in-memory only modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosyes (enterprise version only)noyes

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