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DBMS > 4D vs. Netezza vs. OpenEdge vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Netezza vs. OpenEdge vs. SiriDB vs. SpaceTime

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonNetezza infoAlso called PureData System for Analytics by IBM  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemData warehouse and analytics appliance part of IBM PureSystemsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen Source Time Series DBMSSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score9.06
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­netezzawww.progress.com/­openedgesiridb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.siridb.com
Developer4D, IncIBMProgress Software CorporationCesbitMireo
Initial release19842000198420172020
Current releasev20, April 2023OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux infoincluded in applianceAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesyes infoclose to SQL 92noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Fortran
Java
Lua
Perl
Python
R
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesnono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4ShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
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 dataACIDACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
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 groupsUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptUsers and groupssimple rights management via user accountsyes

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