InterBase 2009 comes with multicore support
September 8, 2008 —
CodeGear today released InterBase 2009, adding new security features to the more than 20-year-old relational database management system (RDBMS), which began as the brainchild of Digital Equipment engineer Jim Starkey. CodeGear, now part of Embarcadero, expects to release a version of the RDBMS with a smaller memory footprint next month.
Michael Swindell, vice president of products at Embarcadero, came along with InterBase when database-centric Embarcadero purchased Borland offshoot CodeGear in May. He said that the shift to focusing on databases is natural for CodeGear because, “The vast majority of our customers are already using databases in some capacity. They're either using them in an embedded case, like an ISV, or they're line-of-business developers building internal applications. It's a great bridge between the two different product sets.”
Embarcadero's CodeGear just finished a massive update to its C++ Builder and Delphi IDEs this morning. Though those products were said to be ready in late August, the team delayed release to squash some more bugs. Swindell said that, despite the acquisition, things have been very busy at CodeGear.
Thus the update for InterBase 2009 is relatively subdued. The biggest change, perhaps, is the removal of any non-symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) compatible versions of the database. All versions of InterBase will now be able to use multiple processors and cores. Previously, this change had been made shortly after the release of InterBase 2008, but this is the first version available from launch with such support across the board.
InterBase will also be gaining new security features, such as over-the-wire encryption and AES as an encryption scheme. For the existing open-source Firebird database, which is based on InterBase, these changes won't trickle down; that free database does not include SMP, disaster recovery or high availability features.
A single license is US$200, while an unlimited seat license goes for around $4,000, said Swindell.
Swindell said that InterBase can function as a server or an embedded database. In October, he said that InterBase ToGo will be made available. Normally, InterBase has a memory footprint of around 100MB. ToGo will be slimmed to around 3MB, allowing the database to be used in more diverse and restrictive application environments.
“The InterBase engine is focused on more high-end engineering features," said Swindell. "It was originally Ashton-Tate InterBase, then Borland InterBase. We've been developing it under CodeGear for the last two years. It's used in a lot of military applications, a lot of telecommunications applications. It's good in an installation where it needs to be hands off, where it's not practical to put a DBA for maintenance.”
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