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DBMS > 4D vs. GeoSpock vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GeoSpock vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. TerarkDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comgeospock.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablesgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
Developer4D, IncGeoSpockGoogleMicrosoftByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release1984201420122016
Current releasev20, April 20232.0, September 20192.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 indexesyestemporal, categoricalyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScript.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononono
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesno

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