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| ANTs Announces General Availability of the ANTs Data Server 3.60 ANTs Software has announced the general availability of the ANTs Data Server version 3.60, a new software release of its flagship database solution that is packed with a significant number of new compatibility, performance and management improvements. The ANTs Data Server 3.60 extends its already impressive database compatibility with new features, including support for the Oracle Call Interface, a set of low-level APIs used to interact with Oracle databases, as well as extensions for Sybase and Informix. An improved, high-speed data loader is 400 percent faster than before, and a new quality-of-service feature enables administrators to prioritize users and queries to meet stringent response-time criteria and guarantee service levels. The new Information Schema improves system management with comprehensive statistics on internal operations and performance characteristics, and can present this data in popular Oracle V$ systems management views. In addition to its support for the Oracle Call Interface, ADS 3.60 now implements Oracle Packages, enabling developers to group procedures and functions into common groups typically based upon their functionality. Along with its support for real-time Linux and Windows x64 operating systems, ADS 3.60 now provides support for Windows Services for UNIX. The high-speed data loader in ADS 3.60 dramatically reduces the time required to load large databases or input large amounts of data from applications. With the ability to load hundreds of thousands of records per second, ADS 3.60 improves support for high-volume, real-time transactional applications found in financial services, telecommunications, and other industries. The new quality-of-service capabilities enable users and queries to the database to be prioritized, allowing higher priorities to be assigned to those with more critical needs and providing improved overall performance. Support for real-time Linux provides an application platform capable of delivering consistent response times. ADS 3.60 also boosts performance with an improved buffer manager, and includes many additional non-blocking features to reduce transaction waits and boost throughput. More than 20 changes were made to the optimizer to improve the execution performance of SQL statements, and additional performance optimizations were implemented in the handling of stored procedures. Systems management is greatly enhanced with the new Information Schema, which records comprehensive statistics about internal operations and performance characteristics, offering improved options for performance tuning, optimizing configurations and more. The data contained in the Information Schema is made more accessible through new support for Oracle system management tables, or V$ views, making it easy for Oracle database administrators to get the information they need from the ANTs Data Server using the same kind of tables and table names as they would with Oracle. ADS 3.60 now delivers a wealth of query optimization and admin tables, providing DBAs with detailed demographics for the data to aid in performance tuning. Enhanced event log tracing information aids in tracking down problems. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |