Software AG has enhanced its Adabas D relational database with data distribution capabilities to support the 64-bit VLM Very Large Memory option on Digital Equipment Corp’s AlphaServer 8000 series systems, says Mike Schiff, director, data management programme. It is unclear whether Adabas D will be put up on DEC’s 2100 which now also supports Very Large Memory, but Schiff noted that Software AG wants it to be up on all Alpha machines. Very Large Memory enables a larger portion of the database – up to 10Gb – to reside in main memory. The enhanced version of Adabas D also includes database reorganisation technology, which reorganises data as it is deleted, added and changed, has two-phase commit and synchronous and asynchronous database replication. Software AG is targeting the US federal government, value-added resellers and systems integrators, Schiff said. Adabas D costs $2,500 per server and $150 per user or client. Single user copy costs $400. The firm will supply a gateway for converting from Adabas C to D for an extra charge.
