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DBMS > 4D vs. Dolt vs. Graphite vs. HBase vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Dolt vs. Graphite vs. HBase vs. ObjectBox

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
github.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webhbase.apache.orgobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.dolthub.comgraphite.readthedocs.iohbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.objectbox.io
Developer4D, IncDoltHub IncChris DavisApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetObjectBox Limited
Initial release19842018200620082017
Current releasev20, April 20232.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoPythonJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
HTTP REST
HTTP API
Sockets
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infocurrently in alpha releasenoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
online/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionDoltGraphiteHBaseObjectBox
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