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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Ingres vs. KairosDB vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Ingres vs. KairosDB vs. NCache

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  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 networksWell established RDBMSDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
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
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.actian.com/­ingreskairosdb.github.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsActian CorporationAlachisoft
Initial release198420161974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20132005
Current releasev20, April 2023170311.2, May 20221.2.2, November 20185.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.yesyesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAP.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionhorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding infobased on Cassandrayes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesIngres Replicatorselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryIngresKairosDBNCache
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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