Sleepycat Software, makers of the world's most widely deployed open source developer databases, today announced the general availability of version 2.0 of Berkeley DB Java Edition, a transactional database written in pure Java™ technology. Additionally, Sleepycat today announced that Berkeley DB Java Edition is now officially certified on Sun Microsystems' Solaris™ 10 Operating System for x64 platforms. Sleepycat continues to see strong adoption from open source and commercial customers, helping Berkeley DB Java Edition to emerge as a leading open source Java database for application developers.

Berkeley DB Java Edition stores data in the application's native format, features full ACID transactions and recovery, record-level locking, zero administration and a simple, programmatic API. The latest release of Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB Java Edition boasts key new enhancements to improve performance, memory management, recovery efficiency and ease of use. For out-of-cache applications, storage efficiency has been greatly improved, minimizing the amount of redundant data in the log. As a result, applications running out of cache will see a 30-70 percent improvement in data throughput.

New features in Berkeley DB Java Edition version 2.0 include:

   * J2EE standards support -- J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA), Java Transaction API (JTA) and Java Management Extensions (JMX);
   * Sequences;
   * Improved memory management and footprint;
   * Significant improvements to performance and scalability.

Berkeley DB Java Edition is a Java Powered™ technology and supports all versions of Unix, Linux and Windows as well as most other major operating systems. In addition to strong adoption by commercial organizations, Berkeley DB Java Edition is widely adopted by open source projects including: JBossCache, Apache Geronimo (ActiveMQ JMS), JavaSpaces, and Spring.

Availability

Berkeley DB Java Edition 2.0 is available immediately under a dual-license. A no-cost open source license permits redistribution if the application using Berkeley DB Java Edition is open source. A commercial license is available for redistribution of proprietary applications. Berkeley DB Java Edition is available for download at: http://www.sleepycat.com/products/je.shtml