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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. ObjectBox vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. ObjectBox vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
github.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.objectbox.iositewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaObjectBox LimitedSiteWhere
Initial release1984201320172010
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20224.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
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 integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
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 KerberosyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache ImpalaObjectBoxSiteWhere
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