SQL Anywhere “State of the Union”SQL Anywhere  State of the Union

Chris KleisathChris KleisathSenior Director of Engineering

hSQL Anywhere

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SQL Anywhere ComponentsSQL Anywhere Components

• SQL Anywhere Server y– Small-footprint, self-managing relational database with high

reliability, high performance out of the box, and a full range of SQL features across a variety of platforms scalable from y phandhelds to large server installations.

• UltraLite– Database system for small devices, including Windows Mobile

and Blackberry devices, providing full transaction-processing support, a choice of development models, and synchronization with enterprise data stores.

• MobiLink– Synchronization and mobile messaging technology for sharing

information among relational databases while maintaining the integrity of transactions across the entire system. 5

SQL Anywhere Server

SQL Anywhere Server Design GoalsSQL Anywhere Server Design Goals

– Full Featured SQL RDBMSQ

– Ease of use

– Performance out of the box

– Embeddability 

/– Interoperability/Open

– Cross platform support

– Being responsive to our customers

Small Footprint, Enterprise Caliber

• SQL Anywhere is enterprise caliber like others…

SQL Oracle 11g IBM DB2 9 Microsoft SQL MySQL

Product Feature

SQL Anywhere 11

Standard Edition

Oracle 11g Standard Edition

IBM DB2 9 Workgroup

Edition

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup

Edition

MySQL Enterprise

5.1

Advanced SQL including OLAP functions

Full transaction processing 1Built-in referential integrity with cascading updates/deletes & data integrity 1

Row-level locking 1

Snapshot isolation

Materialized views

Table encryption 6Table encryption 6

Column compressionExternal triggers& stored procedures for

SQL, Java, .NET and Perl 2 7

Job scheduling and event monitorsJob scheduling and event monitors

1 Dependent on the storage engine used 3 Support for clustering5 Limited platform support

7 Java, .NET and Perl stored procedues are not supported

2 Java and Perl stored procedues are not supported 4 Limited XML support 6 Requires add-on

Small Footprint, Enterprise Caliber

• SQL Anywhere is enterprise caliber like others…SQL Oracle 11g IBM DB2 9 Microsoft SQL MySQL

Product Feature

SQL Anywhere 11

Standard Edition

Oracle 11g Standard Edition

IBM DB2 9 Workgroup

Edition

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup

Edition

MySQL Enterprise

5.1

Parallel back-up and recovery featuresParallel back up and recovery features

Database mirroring & fail-over clustering 3 3

XML support 4Produce/consume Web Services using SOAP JSON XML d HTML 5SOAP, JSON, XML and HTML 5

Performance tuning wizards

Support for 64-bit operating systems

Full text search 1Database files can be moved between all supported operating systems 1Supports Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac O.S. families

1 Dependent on the storage engine used 3 Support for clustering5 Limited platform support

7 Java, .NET and Perl stored procedues are not supported

2 Java and Perl stored procedues are not supported 4 Limited XML support 6 Requires add-on

SQL Anywhere Server Design GoalsSQL Anywhere Server Design Goals

– Full Featured SQL RDBMSQ

– Ease of use

– Performance out of the box

– Embeddability 

/– Interoperability/Open

– Cross platform support

– Being responsive to our customers

Ease of UseEase of Use

– Easy for end users

– Easy for developers”Make my life easier”

– Easy for Administrators

Performance Out of the BoxPerformance Out of the Box

– Cost‐based Optimizer automatically finds the most efficient method to access the data requestedthe data requested

– Optimization statistic histograms automatically maintained.  – Auto generation of statistics on database load– Dynamic cache sizey– Separate storage for long values 

• LONG BINARY, LONG VARCHAR, TEXT, IMAGE– Automatic support for SMP machines

S hi ti t d hi l ith ti fi d f OLTP d DSS– Sophisticated caching algorithm satisfies needs for OLTP and DSS – Many join and grouping methods– Efficient disk‐based sort– Function and subquery cachingFunction and subquery caching– Large block IO

EmbeddabilityEmbeddability 

• Small FootprintS a oo p

• Simple Installation– Under 10 minute process

– Can be scripted to be silent

• Self Tuning– High speed cost‐base query optimizer

• Self managing– Automatically address many operational issues such as database file growth

• Autostarting of engine system event triggers automatic• Autostarting of engine, system event triggers, automatic recovery, transportability of db files

Interoperability/OpenInteroperability/Open

• Open API and tools support– ODBC– JDBC– OLE/DB / ADO / ADO.NETOLE/DB / ADO / ADO.NET– Embedded SQL/C– PHP, Perl, Ruby

S b O Cli t– Sybase Open Client• Comprehensive support for Java

– JDBC Applications– Java in the Database

• ANSI SQL and Transact SQL

Interoperability/OpenInteroperability/Open

• Support for development with a variety of development tools:– Visual Studio .NET– Eclipse– PowerBuilderPowerBuilder– Web Page tools

• JSP, ASP, PHP, Ruby, etc

P l– Perl– …

Cross Platform SupportCross Platform Support

• Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vistado s 000/ 003/ / s a

• Windows Mobile

• Linux– RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu, etc.

• Sun Solaris • HP‐UX• IBM AIX

• MAC OS/X

UltraLite

What is UltraLite?What is UltraLite?

• Small footprint Relational DBMS for resource constrained environments– High‐performance mobile data store– Data synchronization with the enterprise

• Aimed at small, mobile and embedded devices– Personal organizers smart phones pagers– Personal organizers, smart phones, pagers– Point‐of‐sale devices

• Typical constraints– No hard disk– Limited memory– Slow processors– Limited power

Wi l i– Wireless connection

Goals of UltraLiteGoals of UltraLite

– Provide advantages of SQL• Transaction processing, data types (including numeric and date/time), built‐in functions and operators, multi‐table joins, referential integrity, indexing, standard interface

– Provide synchronization to industry standard enterprise databases (robust and secure)

– Maintain extremely small footprint– Maintain extremely small footprint– Maintain good speed on limited devices– Reduce the requirement for platform specific knowledge

MobiLink

What is MobiLink?What is MobiLink?

– A two‐way synchronization technology for large scale y y gy gmobile database deployment

• Remote database (mobile, embedded, or workgroup database server)database server) 

• Consolidated database (enterprise, workgroup, or desktop database)

– A server that processes synchronization requests from remote databases

Session based communication– Session based communication

What is MobiLink?What is MobiLink?

ConsolidatedConsolidatedDatabase

MobiLink

Communication Infrastructure( Internet / Dial-up / Wireless )

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Mobile or Remote Databases

MobiLink Design GoalsMobiLink Design Goals

– Heterogeneous consolidated databaseg

– Scalable and robust (thousands)

– Manageable in large deployments

– Support handheld and wireless devices 

– Flexible

MobiLink Consolidated DatabasesMobiLink Consolidated Databases

– Oracle 

– Microsoft SQL Server

– IBM DB2 UDB

– Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

– SQL Anywhere Server

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MobiLink Remote DatabasesMobiLink Remote Databases

• SQL Anywhere Server

– Windows

– Windows Mobile

Lin– Linux

– Solaris

– MAC OS/X

• UltraLite

Palm Computing Platform– Palm Computing Platform

– Windows CE / Smartphone

– Windows 200x / XP

MobiLink SummaryMobiLink Summary

– Flexible and robust bi‐directional synchronization– Integration with Enterprise

• Support Sybase ASE and SQL Anywhere, Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server

– Secure• Built‐in authentication• 128‐bit encryption of communication stream

– Support for sub‐setting and partitioning of data– Priority based synchronization– Scalable to thousands of remote usersScalable to thousands of remote users– Conflict detection and resolution – Robust error handling

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Server Database SQL Anywhere Service data to clients inside or outside

the corporate network

NetworkNetwork

Application Scenariospp

Desktop (Embedded) Database Personal database server p ( )

Desktop Database

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Application Scenariospp

Remote Office Synchronize Headquarters Headquarters

database with Remote Office databases

Network

Remote Office Remote Office

Application Scenariospp

Mobile Synchronize Headquarters Headquarters

Mobiledatabase with databases

running on mobile devices inside or outside the

corporate network

Networket o(Wired / Wireless)

Mobile Architectures

• Database & synchronization

• Database & synchronization with mobile messaging

• Mobile messaging

Database & synchronizationy

Data is exchanged between consolidated– Data is exchanged between consolidated database and multiple remote databases

– Product(s)• SQL Anywhere DB & Sync

ConsolidatedDatabase

• SQL Anywhere – DB & Sync

– Enterprise integration• relational databases

Firewall

MobiLink server

– Mobile devices• Wide range

– Development languages …MobiLink

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Database

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Application

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Data is exchanged between messaging systems and multiple– Data is exchanged between messaging systems and multiple remote message queues

– Product(s)• SQL Anywhere QAnywhere

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systems• SQL Anywhere ‐ QAnywhere

– Enterprise integration• JMS‐based systems

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– Mobile devices• Windows, Pocket PC

– Development languages

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QAnywhere MobiLink client

QAnywhere

Application

Mobiledevice

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Database & synchronization with mobile messaging

– Data is downloaded from consolidated database using synchronization and uploaded using message queues

– Product(s) …JMS-based enterprise

ConsolidatedDatabase

( )• SQL Anywhere – DB & Sync

• SQL Anywhere – QAnywhere

• Possibly Unwired OrchestratorMobiLink server with QAnywhere option

enterprise systems

Possibly Unwired Orchestrator

– Enterprise integration• Databases, JMS‐based systems, more

Mobile devices

Firewall

QA h – Mobile devices• Windows, Pocket PC

– Development languagesC/C C# VB NET

…

QAnywhere MobiLink client

QAnywhere & database

Application

• C/C++, C#, VB.NET Mobiledevice

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SQL Anywhere 11

SQL Anywhere ServerD t M t O t id th D t C tData Management Outside the Data Center

S ll & M diDesktop Server •Small & Medium

•Enterprise– Accounting– Administration

•Solution packages– Phone systems– Point of sale

•Remote office– Store 

management– Inventory controlInventory control

•Mobile– Traveling sales– Field service 

worker– Inspector

Remote Office Mobile Environments

SQL AnywhereSQL Anywhere 

•Leading data management and enterprise s nchroni ation sol tion b ilt from•Leading data management and enterprise synchronization solution built from inception for environments outside the data center

• Databases delivering enterprise‐caliber features and high performance out of the box

• Highly embeddable technologies that are easy to use and administer

• Proven robust heterogeneous synchronization solutions designed for unreliable networks• Proven, robust, heterogeneous synchronization solutions designed for unreliable networks

• Broad support for development tools, platforms and industry standards 

• Over 20 years of engineering of data management technologies for frontline environments• Over 20 years of engineering of data management technologies for frontline environments outside the data center

• Focus on making applications just as reliable, secure and available as those running in an enterprise HQ

AnnouncementsAnnouncements

•3 Major Announcements in the last year:3 Major Announcements in the last year:

“General Availability of SQL Anywhere 11 for WindowsGeneral Availability of SQL Anywhere 11 for Windows and Linux”

“First TPC/C Benchmark Using SQL Anywhere Server”

“New SQL Anywhere Web Edition”

Performance, Reliability, ScalabilityPerformance, Reliability, Scalability

Features BenefitsFeatures– Multi‐user performance gains

Benefits• OLTP performance

• Index storage and maintenance• Reduced transaction log 

contention

• Index compression

maintenance

• TPC/C Benchmark

• Simple statement caching

Query performance– Query performance increases

• Parallel sort

• Complex query performance

• Faster data retrievals• Parallel index scans

• Index‐only retrieval

Faster data retrievals

• Exploits multi‐core features of modern chips

Performance, Reliability and ScalabilityPerformance, Reliability and Scalability

TPC/C b h k bli h d•TPC/C benchmark published • Stats:

• 20,705 tpmC0, 05 tp C

• $0.85 / tpmC 

• total system cost of $17,541

• Top 5 price/performance at $.85 per transaction

• First ever TPC/C benchmark with total system cost under $20 000First ever TPC/C benchmark with total system cost under $20,000

• Highest absolute performance of any system under $30,000

• Best price/performance of any system under $65,000

Performance, Reliability, ScalabilityPerformance, Reliability, Scalability

Frontline AnalyticsFrontline Analytics

Features BenefitsFeatures– Embedded full text search

• Fully integrated solution

Benefits• Text field query performance • Powerful text searching (eg. proximity searches)

– Regular expression searching• SIMILAR and REGEXP

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• Sophisticated pattern matching• ANSI and 3rd party support

– Immediately maintained materialized views

Improved data import capabilities

• Improve performance of costly queries 

– Improved data import capabilities• MERGE statement• Client side file access

R d i d

• Simplifies and speeds up large data import and transformations

• Off load analytics and reporting– Read‐access to mirrored servers • Off‐load analytics and reporting to redundant hardware

Full Text Search Performance k iff !It Can Make a Difference!

•Example ScenarioExample Scenario– 500MB Database ‐ search of LONG VARCHAR field

– Comparison between standard WHERE clause (using LIKE) versus full text search (using CONTAINS)text search (using CONTAINS)

– Execution time: 2 seconds (full text) vs 20 seconds (LIKE)

Advanced Data SynchronizationAdvanced Data Synchronization

F t BenefitsFeatures– Relay Server

• Facilitates communication between mobile devices and

Benefits• Easily integrates with existing corporate firewall policies

• Enables load‐balanced andbetween mobile devices and mobile middleware servers

• Hosted and non‐hosted options

• Common architecture for

Enables load balanced and fault‐tolerant environment for mobile middleware servers

• Improved scalability for large l i t• Common architecture for 

MobiLink , Afaria and Mobile Office

– Mobile Platform Extensibility

scale sync environments

• Broadens mobile deviceMobile Platform Extensibility• UltraLiteJ for Blackberry • UltraLite for Embedded Linux

Broadens mobile device choices beyond Windows Mobile and Palm

– Background Sync • More seamless synchronization experience

Relay Server ArchitectureRelay Server Architecture

External Internal

DMZ

External Network Internal Network

ExternalFirewall

InternalFirewall

MobiLinkSRelay Consolidated

DB SServerRelayServerHTTP/S

DB Server

Outbound HTTP/S ConnectionConnection

Developer FreedomDeveloper Freedom

Features BenefitsFeatures– Full .NET 3.5 Support

• Entity Framework, LINQ support

Benefits• First class citizen of the latest .NET technologies

– New stored procedure languages• .NET, Perl and PHP

Comment enabled do mentation

• Leverage developer knowledge to implement business logic in language of choice

• Allows developers to contribute– Comment‐enabled documentation

– Enabling Web 2 0 for Frontlines

Allows developers to contribute own examples, tips and edits to complement existing doc

d l f f lEnabling Web 2.0 for Frontlines• Enhanced Perl, PHP, Python support

• JSON Web Services

• Extend MySQL platform to frontline environments

• Extension of web services support

• Sync to MySQL

SQL Anywhere 11SQL Anywhere 11

•Proven data management and enterprise synchronization outside the data center

FrontlineAnalytics

PerformanceReliabilityScalability

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AdvancedData Sync

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1h i d !SQL Anywhere Monitor – Brand New!

• The SQL Anywhere Monitor is a browser‐based administration tool that provides you with information about the health and availability of SQL Anywhere databases and MobiLink servers.

• Constant data collection

• Email alert notification

• Browser‐based interface

• Monitor multiple databases and MobiLink servers

• Minimal performance impact

• This tool is designed to show health and availability. For more detailed performance analysis and query optimization, use the Application Profiling Wizard

Monitor ArchitectureMonitor Architecture

SA Monitor ArchitectureSA Monitor Architecture

Browser (Flash)

SQL Anywhere

HTTP Interface

Monitor DBSA Q E iAnywhere Server

Monitor DB

Java Collection Procedures

SA Query Engine

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•Collected data•Flex .swf files•Java procedures

Monitored Server

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RequirementsRequirements

• The monitor can be run on Windows or Linux

• The monitor can be viewed by on any platform that has a browser that supports Flash

• The SQL Anywhere Monitor is included as part of SQL Anywhere 11.0.1Q y p Q y

• It includes its own install program for production deployment

SA Monitor DemoSA Monitor Demo

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1SServer

• Parallel backup/restore API

• 11.0.0 added parallel backup for integrated commands– Very fast

E h t API t t ll l ti• Enhance current API to support parallel operations

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1M biLi kMobiLink

• Schema Caching

• Remote schemas are cached in MobiLink server for all remote types

R d t k t ffi i ll f ll• Reduces sync network traffic, especially for small syncs• MySQL (new in 11.0.0) 

• Synchronization Model Mode supportSynchronization Model Mode support

• Supported on Linux and Windows 32 and 64 bit• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

• Verbose logging for specific synchronization ID

• Lightweight polling 

• for Listener (dblsn)for Listener (dblsn)

• Built in to the UltraLite runtime via builtin SQL function

SQL Anywhere 11.0.1hQAnywhere 

• Standalone QAnywhere client

• Based on standalone UltraLite client

• Easier client to deploy– No agent process, only a listener

• Lightweight API for direct access to server store

hSQL Anywhere

hSQL Anywhere has 3 key 

technologies.

SQL Anywhere benefits a variety of 

environments.

SQL Anywhere today, and into the future.

Questions?Questions?

• Chris KleisathSenior Director of Engineering for SQL AnywhereSenior Director of Engineering for SQL Anywhere

Sybase iAnywhere

email: kleisath@sybase comemail: kleisath@sybase.com

blog: http://iablog.sybase.com/kleisath

• Thank you!• Thank you!

SQL Anywhere “State of the Union”SQL Anywhere  State of the Union

Chris KleisathChris KleisathSenior Director of Engineering