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DBMS > 4D vs. Derby vs. jBASE vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Derby vs. jBASE vs. Machbase Neo

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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 comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  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 robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derbywww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasemachbase.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9machbase.com/­dbms
Developer4D, IncApache Software FoundationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Machbase
Initial release1984199719912013
Current releasev20, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20235.7V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyes
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.yesyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelsimple password-based access control

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