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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Geode vs. NCache vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Geode vs. NCache vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  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 networksGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Key-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygeode.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgeode.apache.org/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.AlachisoftParadigma Software
Initial release19842016200220051999
Current releasev20, April 202317031.1, February 20175.3.3, April 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsyes, on a single nodeoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights per client and object definableAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryGeodeNCacheValentina Server
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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