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DBMS > 4D vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.99
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#329  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.ehcache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Paradigma Software
Initial release1984200920021999
Current releasev20, April 20233.10.0, March 20221.1, February 20175.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
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 indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like query language (OQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JCacheJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
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 groupsnoAccess rights per client and object definablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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