Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Thu Feb 6 05:36:01 CST 2003
Hi Marty > Well SAP DB is an offshoot of ADABAS db code platform as of 1998 > Sort of like FireBird and Borland Interbase. > See SAP history , this page used to be at (now removed) > http://www.sapdb.org/history.htm > So using computer archeology and the "Wayback Machine" > http://web.archive.org/web/20011130142504/ > http://www.sapdb.org/history.htm > [archive.org] > So maybe that can give you some old reviews prior to 1998 searching on > ADABAS or ADABAS-D Well, I am looking for something more up to date. > For opinions between Postgres MySQL and SAPDB see: > http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/02/07/16/1820219.shtml?tid=99 > Installing SAP DB on Linux comparision with PostgresSql > http://www.robelle.com/tips/sapdb.html Thanks for those links. The slashdot discussion is very long and contains some opinions on MySQL and PostgreSQL as well. /gustav >>>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). >>>>So you have this animal running? >>>>What are your comments? >>>> >>>>I have tried to locate some benchmarks or reviews but have failed. >>>>>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).