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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. GeoSpock vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. GeoSpock vs. searchxml

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score2.37
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orggeospock.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaGeoSpockinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release198420132015
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20222.0, September 20191.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++Java, JavascriptC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxhostedWindows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBCRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonomultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per tableDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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