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DBMS > 4D vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. KairosDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Geode vs. HarperDB vs. KairosDB vs. Valentina Server

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.68
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#329  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comgeode.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docskairosdb.github.iovalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
Developer4D, IncOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.HarperDBParadigma Software
Initial release19842002201720131999
Current releasev20, April 20231.1, February 20173.1, August 20211.2.2, November 20185.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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