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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Ehcache vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. LokiJS

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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 networksA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.84
Rank#100  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.ehcache.orgcloud.google.com/­spannergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogle
Initial release19842016200920172014
Current releasev20, April 202317033.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesno
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPJCachegRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsJavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID infoStrict serializable isolationno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)no

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