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DBMS > 4D vs. Drizzle vs. GeoMesa vs. MaxDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Drizzle vs. GeoMesa vs. MaxDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.geomesa.orgmaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
Developer4D, IncDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCCRi and othersSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release1984200820141984
Current releasev20, April 20237.2.4, September 20125.0.0, May 20247.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
depending on storage layerSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
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.nodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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