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DBMS > 4D vs. Derby vs. Hazelcast vs. Lovefield vs. SAP Adaptive Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Derby vs. Hazelcast vs. Lovefield vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A widely adopted in-memory data gridEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Spatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derbyhazelcast.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationHazelcastGoogleSAP, Sybase
Initial release19841997200820141987
Current releasev20, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20235.3.6, November 20232.1.12, February 201716.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesnoJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersyesyesyes infoEventsUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyes infoReplicated MapnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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