InterBase XE Desktop

The InterBase Desktop Edition provides a powerful RDBMS for stand-alone, single-user applications. Desktop edition is for use with, or embedding in, applications that will deploy on desktop, laptop, or mobile computers for use by a single end user. Typical applications are stand-alone applications, such as product catalog applications used by a field sales organization or a dedicated system for signal data collection and analysis, etc

Please see the Feature Matrix for all differences between versions.

• High-performance and scalable
• Near-zero administration and a self-tuning engine
• SQL 92 and ACID compliant
• Compact (3-4MB typical)
• Weak and Strong Encryption
• Multi-generational Architecture (MVCC)
• High-Availability
• Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X support
• Integrated with Embarcadero’s application development and database tools

InterBase XE (10.0):
32 MB RAM
20/35 MB hard disk space for compact/full install
CD-ROM drive
Processor:
Microsoft® Windows® and Linux:Intel® x86
Sun Solaris™: SPARC
Macintosh: Intel
Windows:
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ (requires administrator rights)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP3)
Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Macintosh:
Mac OS® X 10.5
Mac OS® X 10.6

Linux:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SuSE Linux 10 and 11

Solaris™:

Sun™ Solaris 10

JDBC™:

JDK™ 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, J2SE™ 5, Java™ SE 6,
JDBC Type 4 Driver (this applies to Server
Edition and Desktop Edition)

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