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DBMS > 4D vs. BoltDB vs. jBASE vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. BoltDB vs. jBASE vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. VelocityDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embedded key-value store for Go.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatavelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatavelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Developer4D, IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Rocket SoftwareVelocityDB Inc
Initial release19842013199119852011
Current releasev20, April 20235.77.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionaloptionalyes
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.yesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
.Net
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoU2 BasicCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID infoconfigurableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedBased on Windows Authentication

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