Berkeley DB, the world's most popular developer's database is widely utilized.
Berkeley DB delivers the core data management functionality, power, scalability, and flexibility of enterprise relational databases. It does so without the overhead of a query processing layer. The software is widely used and has over 200 million deployments, making it the most widely used open source developer database in the world.
The software supports C, C++, Java, PHP, and Perl APIs. It is available for a wide variety of Unix platforms as well as Windows XP, Windows NT, and Windows '95 (MSVC 6 and 7). Major customers, such as Amazon.com, AOL, British Telecom, Cisco Systems, EMC, Google, Hitachi, HP, Motorola, RSA Security, Sun Microsystems, TIBCO and VERITAS, rely on Berkeley DB for fast, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective data management for their mission-critical applications.
Berkeley DB by Sleepycat Software is highly customizable and comes with complete source code. Its small footprint of fewer than 500 kilobytes and easy-to-use APIs make it easy to integrate into an application. The software supports full transaction semantics so multiple changes can be applied or rolled back atomically. Finally, the software survives software and hardware failures without losing data, with fine-grained locking allowing thousands of users to work with a database at the same time.
The software is distributed under an open source license that permits its use in open-source applications at no charge. Proprietary vendors can purchase a proprietary license for Berkeley DB from Sleepycat Software. The advantages of using the software include zero administration costs, eliminating the need for a DBA, more speed, higher performance, less complexity, and more reliability.
In conclusion, Berkeley DB by Sleepycat Software is a powerful and flexible database management tool that has the core functionality and scalability of enterprise relational databases. Its simplicity of integration and customizable features, coupled with its stable and low support cost, make it a wise choice for any business that seeks fast, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective data management for its mission-critical applications.
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