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DBMS > 4D vs. Blueflood vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Drizzle

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Blueflood vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Drizzle

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on CassandraDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Websitewww.4d.comblueflood.iowww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprise
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikidocs.datastax.com
Developer4D, IncRackspaceDataStaxDrizzle project, originally started by Brian Aker
Initial release1984201320112008
Current releasev20, April 20236.8, April 20207.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyespredefined schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnoyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTP
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionBluefloodDatastax EnterpriseDrizzle
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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