Reliability
Application reliability is crucial to the success of your business. Progress DataDirect provides unparalleled database driver and provider reliability based on our technical architecture and extensive, automated testing suite. DataDirect eliminates the issues that many of our customers have encountered using drivers and providers from other vendors. Features that are directly related to application reliability are highlighted in the diagram and table below.
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Consistent support for standards, based on standards leadership eliminates DB vendor lock-in |
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Flexible threading support based on network transport & DB capabilities helps ensure application stability |
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Driver maps DB specific errors to ANSI standard, providing consistent error processing which reduces development cost & minimizes application errors |
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Unsurpassed coverage for code page conversion between DB and application provides the reliability you need to meet the demanding needs of international implementations |
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Robust conversion of proprietary DB formats to all native language types provides a base level operation that is required for reliable and efficient applications |
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Standards based encryption support for protecting data in flight managed entirely by the driver, eliminating impact on the application |
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Management of physical TCP/IP socket interaction ensures great performance with robust wire contention resolution |
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Management of packet-based network communication provides unsurpassed packet transport, network round trips and data buffering optimization |
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Ability to bulk load or batch queries results in optimal performance and maximum throughput |
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Driver manages the ability for an application to failover to alternate DB server, reducing development and infrastructure cost |
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Client side load balancing of application requests to multiple DB servers reduces development and provides for efficient usage of system resource |
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Highly reliable, standards-based implementation ensures data integrity and reliability with minimal development effort |
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Single installation package that does not require DB vendor client libraries eliminates cost and problems associated with deployment and versioning issues |
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Kerberos-based support for user authentication provides basis for robust and trusted Single Sign-On (SSO) implementation |
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Standards-based protection of in flight data managed by the driver handles all encryption support, eliminating impact on the application |
