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DBMS > 4D vs. BigObject vs. GreptimeDB vs. Hypertable vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BigObject vs. GreptimeDB vs. Hypertable vs. Trafodion

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedTime Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combigobject.iogreptime.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greptime.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
Developer4D, IncBigObject, Inc.Greptime Inc.Hypertable Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release19842015202220092014
Current releasev20, April 20230.9.8.11, March 20162.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageRustC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
C++ API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuaPythonnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoSimple rights management via user accountsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionBigObjectGreptimeDBHypertableTrafodion
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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