SharkSQL offers the following competitive features to address the future next gen IT strategy / database requirements:
Simplified freeware license model. Full functionality SharkSQL server, client licenses are free. Simply download, install & run
Subscription model will be available in the production release for support. Consulting and Training Services are also planned to be available from both SharkSQL and its strategic Partners
Multi-platform, single code base - OpenVMS (X86-64, IA64, Alpha), Windows (X86-64), Linux X86-64 (future)
Fully supports VSI OpenVMS multi-site, high availability, active-active clusters. No database sharding required on different nodes
Binary compatible between different OS platforms. Copy SharkSQL database from source to target server, make OS specific config changes on target server and run application
True distributed DB engine with embedded two-phase commit (2PC) provides distributed database consistency. No complex external utilities or tools, no more "eventual" data consistency, no "additional" license requirements
Supports wire protocols for MariaDB, MySQL, Connectors & Interfaces. This enables SharkSQL and services to function as drop-in replacements for MariaDB, MySQL databases allowing existing clients, drivers, and BI tools to connect with few modifications
Very high performance (out of the box) compared to other commercial databases. Reduces need for complex tuning processes of internal DB parameters
Security features available that far exceed SQL standards and many other databases - page and record encryption, read only partitions, TCP/IP packet based network encryption (encryption key changes whenever a TCP/IP data packet is sent/received), database admin can not modify content of audit logs
SharkSQL HQ based in central EU (Austria), high focus on GDPR compliance, data privacy, data protection and data security
Includes database utility to create the SharkSQL sample PERSONNEL database and perform various database operations (backup, restore, loading data from binary load files and CSV files and dropping the database) + a PostgreSQL based BENCHMARK utility pgbench for SharkSQL read-write/read-only performance load testing
Zero 3rd party add-ins that complicate licensing, upgrade compatibility & management CLI’s
SQL standards - strict compliance and adherence to relational database ACID properties
