* Full support for MySQL, DB2, and DB2/400 (the AS/400 version of DB2 from IBM), to include functionality such as
record locking, optimization, and other database-specific features.
It offers full versioning, change tracking,
record locking and disaster recovery.
Implement the same file protection and
record locking strategies you would use on a non-RAID system.
Compaq Computer Corp claims that Sun Microsystems Inc's recent TPC-C performance record of 115,395 tpmC on a single 64-way StarFire server running a single copy of Oracle indicates that the company can't handle the kind of distributed
record locking it achieves with Tru64 Unix and TruCluster system software.
Implementing
record locking so that large databases can be accessed by multiple users at the same time, is complex on a single server; across multiple servers.
A multiuser version, with
record locking capabilities, is due out later this year.
Hardware and software compatibility, ease of installation and maintenance, file and
record locking, security, reliability, bridge and gateway availability, and user interface quality are others.
It provides full versioning and tracking of all changes, in addition to robust
record locking and disaster-recovery features.
For example, Unix clients running NFSv2 and NFSv3 support only advisory
record locking, while Windows clients running SMB/CIFS support mandatory file and record locks, as well as advisory cache locks.
On a local area network, Library Master allows multiple-user databases, with
record locking to enable several users to edit and search a database at once.
