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DBMS > 4D vs. DolphinDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Quasardb vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. DolphinDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Quasardb vs. TimesTen

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dolphindb.comwww.gigaspaces.comquasar.aiwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
Developer4D, IncDolphinDB, IncGigaspaces TechnologiesquasardbOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release19842018200020091998
Current releasev20, April 2023v2.00.4, January 202215.5, September 20203.14.1, January 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesnoPL/SQL
Triggersyesnoyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAdministrators, Users, GroupsRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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