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DBMS > 4D vs. Dolt vs. HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Dolt vs. HBase vs. HugeGraph vs. SpatiaLite

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
hbase.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.dolthub.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
Developer4D, IncDoltHub IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetBaiduAlessandro Furieri
Initial release19842018200820182008
Current releasev20, April 20232.3.4, January 20210.95.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
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
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyes infoCoprocessors in Javaasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
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.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesvia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes infoedges in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionsno

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