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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Cassandra vs. Greenplum vs. Kinetica

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Cassandra vs. Greenplum vs. Kinetica

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  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 networksWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Wide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycassandra.apache.orggreenplum.orgwww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.greenplum.orgdocs.kinetica.com
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookPivotal Software Inc.Kinetica
Initial release19842016200820052012
Current releasev20, April 202317034.1.3, July 20237.0.0, September 20237.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC, C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes
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.yesyesnoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
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.noyesnonoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryCassandraGreenplumKinetica
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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