Adabas
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Adabas is Software AG’s advanced database management system.
History
First released in the late 1970s, Adabas is considered by some to have been the first commercially available database product. Initially released on IBM mainframe systems Adabas is now available on a range of other systems including OpenVMS, Unix (including Linux and Linux on zSeries) and Windows servers. Adabas has maintained its position as one of the world's fastest OLTP databases, offering 24x7 functioning, Parallel Sysplex support, real-time replication capability, SQL and XML access and other leading edge capabilities.
Technical information
Adabas is an inverted list database and has proven to be very successful in providing efficient access to data and maintaining the integrity of the database. Adabas is now widely used in applications that require very high volumes of data processing or in high transaction online analytical processing environments.