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DBMS > 4D vs. Blueflood vs. Drizzle vs. Ehcache

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Blueflood vs. Drizzle vs. Ehcache

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBlueflood  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  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 CassandraMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#346  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comblueflood.iowww.ehcache.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­rax-maas/­blueflood/­wikiwww.ehcache.org/­documentation
Developer4D, IncRackspaceDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release1984201320082009
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 20123.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyespredefined schemeyesschema-free
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
HTTP RESTJDBCJCache
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersyesnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoCache Event Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Server
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Tunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resource
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approach
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 groupsnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPno

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