What is Actian Zen Database?
Actian Zen database family is the most reliable, small-footprint, low-maintenance, high-performance database management system (DBMS) in the world, purpose-built for Edge data management – whether in the Cloud, remote and branch offices or in Mobile and IoT settings. Actian Zen combines NoSQL programmatic API-based access and SQL relational access for the perfect blend of performance and standard access from most popular operating environments and underlying Intel and ARM platforms. Zero-DBA design and fantastic backward compatibility (prior versions of PSQL) mean that ISVs support costs are dramatically reduced.
Check out the newest edition – Zen Core database for Android and iOS. Footprint under 2MB, available on Android and iOS (Beta), with support for ARM and Intel. Download the community edition. Read the Zen Core database for Android press release.
Read the ZDNet article: Actian and the Zen of IoT Maintenance
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Actian Zen Database Resources
Zero-maintenance, Embedded, Nano-footprint
Actian Zen database is the best-in-class single, secure, scalable architecture for Edge Data Management. It’s the perfect solution for software developers who want dedicated application data management and deliver business-critical products and services into OT and low IT environments.
Enterprise-class features and security
Cost-effective Actian Zen offers full security, encryption, management and monitoring tools, plus a host of other features you would expect to see in a much more expensive DBMS product.
Stability and Reliability
There’s no doubt why Independent Software Vendors embed or bundle Actian Zen Enterprise Server database for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS in their mission critical applications. Actian Zen’s reputation is based on rock solid reliability.
Zero-ETL Data Portability
Actian Zen shares a common data type and file format across all Zen database products, so accessing and moving data between an ARM device (e.g. a Raspberry Pi) and Windows or Linux servers requires none of the typical ETL overhead. Just copy files and go.
Cloud Ready
If your application is running on a VM as part of a Cloud or your application is deployed in a way that you don’t want to count or can’t count users, Actian Zen Cloud Server has the right data management features, functionality, and license model for you.
Innovation yet Backwards Compatibility
Actian has an over 30-year history of innovation while still providing reliable backward compatibility with PSQL or anything written to be 100% SQL compliant, making moves to new versions a snap.
Zero Database Administration
Set it and forget it. Most ISVs and Enterprise software deployed to branch, field or small business environments don’t want end-users to know there’s a database let alone have or want a DBA. Actian Zen is built for environments where users don’t have the resources to manage a database. Zen runs without end-user interaction, notice, or DBA supervision.
Multi-platform Support without Application Code Changes
Actian Zen enables ISVs to take advantage of new hardware architecture, OS platforms, and computing environments (e.g. 64-bit, Mobile, IoT, Cloud) without application changes. If your customer base numbers in the thousands, the Zen database family enables you to move to new platforms without code modifications.
Features
Actian Zen Editions
Zen Cloud Server database
20GB to Unlimited Capacity-based
Cloud-ready version of Actian Zen Enterprise Server. Ideal for ISVs or large enterprises with in-house software development that want the option of deploying in the Cloud or on-Premise, in a data center or out on a single server in a remote field environment, as multi-tenant SaaS offering to 1000s of branch offices or SME/SMB customers.
Zen Enterprise Server for Windows, Linux, Mac OS
6 – 500 Concurrent Users
Purpose-built for embedding in and bundling with Intelligent Applications that require localized or distributed Client/Server database configuration deployed in mid-sized branch offices, store-fronts, and remote field deployments across distributed large enterprise or to 100s to 1000s of small and medium sized enterprises.
Zen Edge Server for Mobile and IoT
1-10 Concurrent Users
Reduced footprint yet full-featured database for Raspbian Linux distributions and Windows IoT Core Server. Ideal embedded solution for mobile and IoT developers working with low cost commodity hardware like Raspberry Pi and other single board computers in complex instrumentation and heavy machinery, intelligent networks, smart vehicles, and IoT Gateways.
Zen Workgroup for Windows Server
1-5 Concurrent Users
On-premise version of Zen Enterprise Server for Small businesses and branch offices or embedded use cases, such as medical devices, heavy machinery, etc. that need a full featured x86 or x64 Windows environment for multiple application, client-server database support.
Zen Core for Android and iOS
Dedicated Single Application Embedded Database
2MB footprint yet full-featured database, directly embeds in your application through a simple NoSQL API that runs on most Operating Systems and is callable from all popular programming languages. Ideal for application developers who want dedicated app data management for on smartphones, PDAs, and IoT devices running iOS, Android, Android Things or any POSIX-compliant Linux version.
Add-On Software
AuditMaster
Provides a secure audit trail with a comprehensive logging system that captures the full range of events in your database and stores database records before and after changes occur, whether the transactions originate from third-party applications or from direct changes to data.
Backup Agent
Set and manage Continuous Operations on your open database files so that your data is still available from your application during your backup. Once the backup procedure is complete, stopping Backup Agent automatically takes the files out of Continuous Operations and rolls in all the changes captured during the backup.
DataExchange
Meets your most important data replication needs. DataExchange Real-Time Backup Edition manages remote backup of key application data to reduce disaster-related downtime. DataExchange Data Synchronization Edition maintains a consistent set of data across multiple applications.
Use Cases
Actian Zen Embedded database supports both NoSQL and SQL database access, giving developers the ability to deliver performance for embedded business applications and provide flexibility and standard SQL access for reporting and BI features.
Relational Data Access using SQL:
- Flexible architecture that scales from single-user environments to large client/server systems without additional coding
- Full support for SQL
- Direct ODBC and JDBC access to the database engine
Operational Benefits
Developer Features
NoSQL Access:
- Direct data access without relational overhead
- Multiple developer APIs (C/C++, Java, perl, PHP, Python)
- Exceptional transaction performance
Business Critical Edge data management
Hundreds of thousands of customers rely on Actian Zen based applications to run their business every day. Reliability, low TCO and Zero-DBA characteristics are why the Actian Zen Embedded database family has been the choice of global ISVs, OEMs, SIs and end users selling and supporting business critical applications to SMB’s, enterprises and everyone in between.
“Zen Cloud Server is a good fit for ISVs, OEMs, and IT users who wish to implement an orderly migration to the cloud. It provides the tools, the technology, and the licensing model to make the cloud implementation of a database simple. It is designed to accommodate the customer’s environment of choice, whether that is: – On a server in the data center – In a private cloud – In the public cloud – In a hybrid cloud environment.”
– Robin Bloor, The Bloor Group