MaxDB

MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which was delivered also by MySQL AB from 2003 to 2007. MaxDB is targeted for large SAP environments e.g. mySAP Business Suite and other applications that require enterprise-level database functionality. It is able to run terabyte-range data in continuous operation. The database development started in 1977 as a research project at the Techni... more

MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which was delivered also by MySQL AB from 2003 to 2007. MaxDB is targeted for large SAP environments e.g. mySAP Business Suite and other applications that require enterprise-level database functionality. It is able to run terabyte-range data in continuous operation. The database development started in 1977 as a research project at the Technical University of Berlin. In the early 1980s it became a database product that subsequently was owned by Nixdorf Computer, Siemens-Nixdorf, Software AG and today by SAP AG. Along this line it has been named VDN, Reflex, Supra 2, DDB/4, Entire SQL-DB-Server and Adabas D. In 1997 SAP took over the software from Software AG and renamed it to SAP DB. Since October 2000 SAP DB sources additionally were released as open source under the GNU General Public License. In 2003 SAP AG and MySQL AB joined a partnership and re-branded the database system to... less