Adaptive Server editions

Adaptive Server is available in the following editions:

Enterprise Edition – has no limit on scalability and can run all available options that can be purchased separately.
Small Business Edition – has some limit on scalability, and can run a limited set of options that can be purchased separately.
Developer Edition – has a limit on scalability and includes many of the options.

Express Edition – is a free release available only on Linux.

Sybase also offers a series of options that you must purchase separately. Some of these options are intended for an enterprise-level site, and are not available in the Small Business Edition.

Table 1-1 describes the availability of each option. For a full description of the option contents, see your sales representative.

**Table 1-1: Optional packages available for Adaptive Server**
	Available in the following editions:
Option	Enterprise Edition	Small Business Edition	Developer’s Edition	Express Edition	Description
Security and directory services	Optional	Not available	Included	Not available	Lightweight directory services and network-based authentication and encryption using DCE and Kerberos
High Availability	Optional	Not available	Included	Not available	Systems continuously available
Distributed Transaction Management (DTM)	Optional	Not available	Included	Not available
SQL Expert	Optional	Optional	Not available	Not available
BMC DBXray	Optional	Optional	Not available	Not available
Disaster Recovery option	Optional	Not available	Not available	Not available	Provides a disaster recovery package for Adaptive Server users
Partitions	Optional	Not available	Included	Not available
Enhanced Full Text Search	Optional	Optional	Not available	Not available

Adaptive Server editions and optional features are unlocked by providing SySAM licenses. For complete details, see the Sybase Software Asset Management User’s Guide.

Use the sp_lmconfig command to determine which edition of Adaptive Server your are running. Enter:

sp_lmconfig 'edition'
go

Adaptive Server returns value of EE, SE, DE or XE based on the edition it is running. See the Reference Manual for more information about the sp_lmconfig command.