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DBMS > 4D vs. Memcached vs. Spark SQL vs. TimesTen vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Memcached vs. Spark SQL vs. TimesTen vs. WakandaDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.memcached.orgspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmlwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikispark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1wakanda.github.io/­doc
Developer4D, IncDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalApache Software FoundationOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Wakanda SAS
Initial release19842003201419982012
Current releasev20, April 20231.6.25, March 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)2.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Proprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoPL/SQLyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes, utilizing Spark Corenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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