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    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a transactional relational database, boasting fast, reliable online transaction processing (OLTP). SAP ASE is the company's transactional database within the SAP Business Technology Platform portfolio.N/A
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    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
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    SAP
    Chose SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    ASE outperforms MS SQL Server, however, MS SQL Server has some nice tools that make MS SQL Server potentially a far better choice for applications that do not need to full power of ASE. HANA of course blows everything away in terms of performance. What I don't understand …
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    Chose SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Much less effort than Oracle. Much better customer support than Oracle.
    Roughly equivalent to SQL Server in performance and ease of use. Much better customer service than SQL Server.
    Different ballpark from IQ. Same customer service.
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    User Ratings
    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    High-performance, high-concurrency transactions are well suited for ASE. ASE is lacking some features in my opinion such as history tables, however there are ways to implement them via workarounds or by using Replication Server. I do think the way the ASE parser and optimizer works are far superior to other products as it is a true cost-based optimizer and the order of the tables in the FROM clause does not really matter although a good SQL coder will place the tables in a meaningful order to make the SQL more readable. ASE is good for applications that require high availability and can be used for mission critical systems.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Easy to setup and maintain
    • Reliable, rarely has major hiccups requiring reboots or crashes
    • Very responsive with complicated queries spanning various tablespaces and hundreds of millions of rows
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Full database encryption - need to utilize external keys vs internal - for better separation of duties.
    • History Tables.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Our licenses are perpetual. It is the support that we will be renewing. We will renew because we continue to use and receive value from the product.
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    Usability
    SAP
    It does almost everything we need and for the things it doesn't do natively, we are still able to do using other features. For example, natively history tables weren't supported but we were able to create them using triggers.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    Incredibly responsive, saving us countless hours in troubleshooting.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Much less effort than Oracle. Much better customer support than Oracle. Roughly equivalent to SQL Server in performance and ease of use. Much better customer service than SQL Server. Different ballpark from IQ. Same customer service.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Negative - Costs a lot ... but so do they all.
    • Positive - It does what we need it to do.
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