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The Big Database List is a site that aims to gather into a single spot all the important things people to know when selecting or managing a database platform. Here you will find information on the Databases themselves as well as information on the Database Vendors, Database Specialists, Database Bloggers as well as numerous links to Database Resource Sites.

This site is a public Wiki and is built and maintained by people like you. So, if you feel so inclined, please feel free to contribute any useful information that you have in the field of databases that you think might help improve this site. This site does not intend to replace database content on Wikipedia, but instead dive into much more detail on the vendors, products, people and service providers.

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Online Transaction Processing Databases (OLTP)

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) databases are designed to meet the needs of high volume, low impact transactions. This is the type of database that is used for routine data processing.

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version Tools Bloggers
ADABAS Software AG ADABAS 8.1.4
Adaptive Server Enterprise Sybase ASE 15 ASE Tools ASE Bloggers
DB2 IBM DB2 9.5 DB2 Tools DB2 Bloggers
Drizzle Open Source Drizzle Tools Drizzle Bloggers
Firebird Open Source Firebird 2.1.1 Firebird Tools Firebird Bloggers
Genero db Four J's
Informix Dynamic Server IBM Informix Dynamic Server V11 Informix Tools Informix Bloggers
Ingres Database Ingres Ingres Database 9.2 Ingres Tools
InterBase SMP Embarcadero InterBase SMP 2009 InterBase Tools
InterSystems Caché InterSystems InterSystems Caché 2008.2
MariaDB The Monty Program AB MariaDB 1.5
MySQL Sun Microsystems MySQL 5.1 MySQL Tools MySQL Bloggers
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL 8.3.7 PostgreSQL Tools PostgreSQL Bloggers
Postgres Plus EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus 8.3.6 Postgres Plus Tools Postgres Plus Bloggers
Oracle Oracle Corporation Oracle 11G Oracle Tools Oracle Bloggers
RDM Server Birdstep Technologies
SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SQL Server Tools SQL Server Bloggers


Online Transaction Processing Appliances (OLTP-A)

This category contains databases which provide OLTP capabilities on a dedicated hardware platform.

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
GreenCloud for MySQL Virident
Groovy SQL Switch: GSX 50-100 Groovy Corp
Schooner Appliance for MySQL Schooner


In-Memory Databases

In-Memory databases retain data in a servers memory and minimize disk writes. The primary purpose of this type of database is to improve performance over disk based databases.

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
Coherence Oracle Corporation Coherence 3.4.2
CSQL MMDB Lakshya Solutions Ltd CSQL2.4
eXtremeDB McObject
solidDB IBM
SQL Switch Groovy Corp
TimesTen In-Memory Database Oracle Corporation Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 7


Analytic Databases

Analytic databases are database designed and optimized for running queries over large data sets. These tend to be used for data marts, data warehouses, decision support etc. Many analytic databases are sourced from Online Transaction Processing Databases.

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
Aster nCluster Database Aster Data
Greenplum Database Greenplum Greenplum Database 3.2
GridSQL Open Source/EnterpriseDB GridSQL 1.1
Hive Open Source/Apache Hive 0.3.0
Infobright Analytic Data Warehouse Infobright
Kognitio WX2 Kognitio Kognitio WX2 6.0
MonetDB Open Source MonetDB 1.28.2
ParAccel Analytic Database ParAccel
SenSage 4 SenSage
SQL Server Analysis Services Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008
Sybase IQ Sybase Sybase IQ 15
Tenbase 1010data
Teradata Database Teradata Teradata Database 12
Vertica Analytic Database Vertica


Analytic Database Appliances

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
HP Oracle Database Machine Oracle Corporation
Kickfire MySQL Appliance Kickfire
Kognitio Data Warehouse Appliance Kognitio
Netezza Performance Server Appliance Netezza
ParAccel Analytic Appliance ParAccel
Sybase Analytic Appliance Sybase
Teradata Data Mart Appliance Teradata


Key/Value Stores

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version Bloggers
Bigtable Google
Berkeley DB Oracle Corporation Oracle Berkeley DB 4.7
Cassandra Apache
CouchDB Apache CouchDB Bloggers
Google AppEngine Data Store Google
HBase Apache HBase 0.19.0
LightCloud Plurk
MemcacheDB MemcacheDB 1.2.1
MongoDB 10gen
PNUTS Yahoo
Redis Open Source Redis Beta 7 Redis Bloggers
SimpleDB Amazon SimpleDB Bloggers
Tokyo Tyrant Open Source
Project Voldemort Linked In


Mobile Databases

Mobile Databases are database products that are primarily intended to be used on a mobile platform or embedded into mobile devices.

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
Derby Open Source/Apache Derby 10.4.2.0
eXtremeDB McObject
RDM Embedded Birdstep Technologies
SQL Anywhere Sybase SQL Anywhere 11.0.1
SQL Server Compact Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5


Desktop/Personal Databases

Product Vendor/Author Latest Version
Access Microsoft Microsoft Office Access 2007
Dabble DB Smallthought Systems
FileMaker Pro FileMaker FileMaker Pro 10
VistaDB VistaDB Software VistaDB 3


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