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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Ingres vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Ingres vs. ObjectBox vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopWell established RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresobjectbox.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.objectbox.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaActian CorporationObjectBox LimitedSAP, Sybase
Initial release198420131974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20171987
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 202211.2, May 202216.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CC and C++C and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Proprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesnoJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorIngres Replicatoronline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
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 ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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 Kerberosfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache ImpalaIngresObjectBoxSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE
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