Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Feb 5 11:46:00 CST 2003
Hi Marty > I have come across references to it's use in German government in a > production environment at the (Bundeskartellamt) (Federal Cartel Office). Any specs or statistics? It sure isn't a toy engine but I have yet to locate a review or something similar. Although it is completely free to use (actually more free than MySQL because you may include it - in nearly any way you like - in a commercial product for free, where you need to obtain a commercial license for MySQL). However, official 24x365 support from SAP costs big money: USD 60.000 per year (yes 60 kUSD). /gustav >>So you have this animal running? >>What are your comments? >> >>I have tried to locate some benchmarks or reviews but have failed. >> >>/gustav >>>Subscribe to the sapdb-general mailing list and you get to talk to the >>>actual people at SAP Labs >>>http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general >>>The install isn't perfect for Windows. I tried to create a new database >>>from within DB Manager, and kept getting the error with "util_execute >>>init config" - I believe it was because I was trying to create too small >>>a datafile and logfile (1mb default each) - upon reading some posts from >>>the sapdb-general mailing list, it appears that it needs a "reserved" >>>space of about 4 to 20mb for the >>>system tables log files etc >>>The DB manager is written in VB and source code is included for hints >>>The SQL dialect is perhaps closest to Oracle >>>>Did you know that the SAP DB enterprise database engine is open >>>>source? And free to use for anything else than a SAP solution: >>>> >>>>SAP DB can be used free of charge in non-SAP environments. There are >>>>various Support Models offered for SAP DB. If you use SAP DB as a >>>>database system for SAP solutions, a maintenance contract is required. >>>> >>>>Thus, if are looking for a heavy duty ERP engine but don't have the >>>>budget for Oracle/MSSQL/DB2 pay this very neat site (including full >>>>on-line documentation) a visit: >>>> >>>> http://www.sapdb.org/ >>>> >>>>You can even order a cd-rom with the complete site and all downloads >>>>free of charge (pick the link CD-ROM).