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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. BoltDB vs. SpaceTime vs. STSdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn embedded key-value store for Go.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMireoSTS Soft SC
Initial release19842013201320202011
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++C#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGoC#
C++
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneFixed-grid hypercubesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factornoneReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
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 ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosnoyesno

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