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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Bangdb vs. Cachelot.io vs. Informix

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Bangdb vs. Cachelot.io vs. Informix

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphIn-memory caching systemA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDB
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorybangdb.comcachelot.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­informix
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bangdb.cominformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsSachin Sinha, BangDBIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.
Initial release19842016201220151984
Current releasev20, April 20231703BangDB 2.0, October 202114.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoSimplified BSD Licensecommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++C++C, C++ and Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsnoyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL like support with command line toolnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Memcached protocolJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC
C#
C++
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoyes
Triggersyesyesyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes, run db with in-memory only modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationyes (enterprise version only)noUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controls

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