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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. MaxDB vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. MaxDB vs. Spark SQL

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  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 robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score2.65
Rank#111  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorymaxdb.sap.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.commaxdb.sap.com/­documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Apache Software Foundation
Initial release1984201619842014
Current releasev20, April 202317037.9.10.12, February 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Scala
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionnoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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