Cincom SUPRA® Server PDM

Release 2.5.00 for OpenVMS

SUPRA Server PDM Release 2.5.00 is available for the OpenVMS operating system. Under OpenVMS, SUPRA Server PDM runs as a multi-threaded, detached process. Multi-threading allows numerous applications to use the PDM at the same time and leads to the most efficient use of system resources. Running the PDM as a detached process results in smaller application programs thereby saving on disk space and memory.

SUPRA Server PDM maintains data and coordinates database access, processes requests from tools and precompiled programs, and provides backup and recovery tools. It also provides a great deal of control over data storage options and is designed for high-volume, online transaction processing. See the SUPRA Server PDM Release 2.5.00 Data Sheet (PDF) for more detailed information about SUPRA Server PDM and the 2.5.00 Release.

• Multiple file-type support
• Active schema (database) maintainability
• Storage optimization
• Recoverability
• Multiple ways to access data

• Business Intelligence for SUPRA is comprised of three layers that provide an integrated set of data access, ETL/data warehousing and multi-dimensional analytics packages that enable SUPRA PDM users to transform volumes of SUPRA PDM data into analytic information.
  • Data Access for SUPRA gives you direct access to SUPRA operational data through the SQL language.
  • Data Warehouse for SUPRA provides a data warehousing solution optimized to SUPRA PDM.
  • Analytics for SUPRA enables multi-dimensional analysis of information from the users’ operational SUPRA databases.
• Dataset buffers are now allocated in 64-bit address space on Alpha and Itanium — This increases the limit on individual buffer size and on total buffer memory size into the multi-gigabyte range and beyond. The ability to buffer more dataset records can dramatically improve overall performance.
• Maximum Number of Copies of a Single SUPRA Dataset Buffer Increased — The maximum number of copies of a single buffer has been increased from 32,767 to 65,535. This will allow the Database Administrator to keep even larger datasets entirely, or a larger percentage, in RAM memory for optimum performance. Now the prospect of buffering an entire database becomes feasible.
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