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DBMS > 4D vs. jBASE vs. openGemini vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. jBASE vs. openGemini vs. PostGIS vs. SiteWhere

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQLM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
postgis.netgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.opengemini.org/­guidepostgis.net/­documentationsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Developer4D, IncRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Huawei and openGemini communitySiteWhere
Initial release19841991202220052010
Current releasev20, April 20235.71.1, July 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyespredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyesyes
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.yesyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
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.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAdministrators and common users accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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