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DBMS > 4D vs. InfinityDB vs. SAP IQ vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. InfinityDB vs. SAP IQ vs. SWC-DB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.4d.comboilerbay.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
Developer4D, IncBoiler Bay Inc.SAP, formerly SybaseAlex Kashirin
Initial release1984200219942020
Current releasev20, April 20234.016.1 SPS04, April 20190.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes
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 indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
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.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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