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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Hive vs. NCache vs. StarRocks

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemdata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comhive.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookAlachisoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release1984201220052020
Current releasev20, April 20233.1.3, April 20225.3.3, April 20242.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 92SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based access control and fine grained access rights
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionHiveNCacheStarRocks
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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