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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. ITTIA vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. BigchainDB vs. ITTIA vs. TinkerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonITTIA  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsEdge Time Series DBMS with Real-Time Stream ProcessingA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#267  Overall
#23  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.ittia.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latest
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaITTIA L.L.C.
Initial release19842013201620072009
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20228.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++PythonC and C++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeFixed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoFloat/Blob/Integer/String/Unicode/Date/Time/Timestamp/Intervalyes
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosyesDatabase file passwordsno

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