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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Dolt vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Impala vs. Dolt vs. SpatiaLite

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comimpala.apache.orggithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.dolthub.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDoltHub IncAlessandro Furieri
Initial release1984201320182008
Current releasev20, April 20234.1.0, June 20225.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen 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 servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infocurrently in alpha releaseno
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupno

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