General information regarding Mobile Databases and Database tools available in Market.

1. LITERATURE SURVEY ON MOBILE
DATABASE TOOLS
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage

2. CONTENT
 Why Mobile Database ?
 Mobile Database
 Database Architecture
 Mobile Database Tools
 Common Features in Mobile Database Tools
 Mobile Database Review
 Strengths and Weaknesses
 Conclusion
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage
(MSCIT/13/063)

3. WHY MOBILE DATABASE ?
 In modern ear mobile devices are played significant role
in the society.
 After introducing smart phones mobile data requirement
rapidly increase.
 People try to do their day to day activates, Such as bank
transactions, price checking. Whether information,
online shopping etc;
 Retrieve this information vendors developed mobile
applications and backend DB server.
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage
(MSCIT/13/063)

4. WHY MOBILE DATABASE ?
 Limited resources in mobiles did not used normal
database
- Memory Limit
- Power Source
- Processing Power Low (Insertion/ Deletion/ Search)
- Connection Types
- Data synchronization between mobile file and central
database
“Mobile database is a database that connected to the
mobile devices through the mobile network or
database that actually contained by the mobile

5. DATABASE ARCHITECTURE
Client Server Mobile Database Architecture
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage
139167P
(MSCIT/13/063)

6. DATABASE ARCHITECTURE
Peer to Peer Mobil Database Architecture
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage
139167P
(MSCIT/13/063)

7. MOBILE DATABASE TOOLS
Commercial Software Open Source Software
 SQL Anywhere (iAnywhere)  SQLite
 DB2 Everyplace (Services are
stop by IBM)
 Barkeley DB
 IBM Mobile Database  DB4o
 SQL Server Compact  Perst Lite
 SQL Server Express  Mongodb
 Oracle Database Lite  CouchDB
 SQLBase  TinySQL
 Sparksee 5 mobile  Picosql

8. COMMON FEATURES IN MOBILE DATABASE
TOOLS
 Compatibility for several Operating Systems (Potable
Databases)
 Small memory foot print
 Data Synchronization
 Storage Engine
 Security
 Lower Power Consumption
 Database Management
 Support of development tools
 Embeddable Database
Sisuru Shamith Kekiriwaragodage
139167P
(MSCIT/13/063)

9. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SQLAnywhere
 Initiated by Watcom as Watcom SQL in 1992 and
renames to Sybase SQL.
 1995 Sybase merge with SAP and launched SQL
Anywhere database for mobile and remote office
applications.
 In mobile database market it captured 68% .
 Minimum requirements Pentium 2 or upper 32 bit CPU,
512 RAM for server and 4M for client and 500MB+
 For full version installation needed 20MB+ for server
and for client 10MB for client .
 SQL anyway support windows, windows mobile, Linux,
Sun Solaris, Mac OS, IBM AIX etc;

10. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SQLAnywhere
 It was a embeddable relational Database management
system with self management feature.
 Need only less than 75 KB memory footprint.
 Using Mobilink synchronizing technology Remote
connection with ODBC, JDBC connections.
 used 256 bit ASE chipper to secure client and server
communication.
 In file access it used Heap indexes .

11. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SolidDB
 SolidDB founded by Heksinki, Finlan in 1992 and
acquired by IBM in 2007 and replaced for DB2
Everyplace.
 Woks on AIX- 64 bit, Linux- 32-bit and 64-bit system,
Solaris- 64 bit system Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.
 Used B+ tree indexing for file access.
 Used ODBC and JDBC for conecivity.
 Synchronize mobile and database and allowed to offline
access to DB.

12. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SQL Server Compact
 Is a relational database owned by the Microsoft-(SQL
Server Mobile edition)
 Free to download and redistribute.
 Supported windows server and windows mobile OS.
 RSA 128 bit encryption mechanism.
 LINQ, ADO,NET, OLE DB used for access middleware.
 ADO.NET used synchronization.
 Server CAL used for remote data access and replications.

13. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
Oracle Database Lite
 Oracle Lite initially named at Omniscience ORDMS
 Have two parts, Oracle Database Lite Client and Oracle
Database Lite Mobie Sever.
 Support Windows Mobile, Linux, Solaris,IBM AIX, IOS
etc;
 1MB memory for run and 3MB hard disk space for to
install the application.
 synchronized between client and server with SSL
encryption mechanism.
 automatically restore to the database.
 Managed the DB functionalities Oracle Lite need the

14. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SQLBase
 Gupta Technologies LLC release SQLBase for mobile
devices in 2004.
 Supported Windows and Linux environment and using
ODBC, OLE DB, JDBC etc; connect with other
platforms.
 Consume small footprint in memory and small CPU
power.
 Using encrypted data to client server communication and
synchronization.
 Strong password mechanism to protect data and access
control.
 Backup and restore facility with DBA control.

15. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
SQLite
 Open source DB foundered by D. Richard Hipp in 2000.
 It was a zero configuration database engine.
 Need 500KB footprint in memory
 Support Windows, Windows mobile, Linux, Mac OS-x
Android, iOS.
 SQLite is support C/C++, C#, Basic, PHP, Pascal etc;
 As a middle ware it used ADO.NET, ODBC, ActiveX .It
was fast DB but it has issue in concurrency, locking,
scalability.

16. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
DB4o
 Objected oriented database system that founded by Carl
Rosenberger in 2000.
 It has commercial licensed version and GPL Version.
 Its only need 600k foot print for installation.
 It was zero administration tool with encryption for secure
transaction within and cross platform.
 Facilitated to sharing the memory. It also has replication
system that synchronized objects between DB4o and
other databases.
 Lake of support in query, backup, restoring, Poor
performance full text search, lack of indexing for string.

17. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
TinyDB
 Embedded database that develop by University of
Barkeley.
 It takes only 3KB footprint memory and it include JDBS
driver.
 It works on cross platform and its support only essential
functionalities -select operation.
 It was not support views, data integrity, concurrency,
indexing, encryptions, access control, data
synchronization.

18. MOBILE DATABASE REVIEW
MongoDB
 Is the primary no SQL database developed by Mongo Inc
in 2009.
 It was a cross platform document oriented database
developed by C++. It supports Windows, Linux.
 Tightly integrated with Opa language that developed by
MonogoDB.
 This DB mostly works on 64-bit systems and memory
limitation arises in 32bit systems.
 Its allowed ad hoc quires, indexing.
 Replication on primarily and secondary (if primary fails
secondary run automatically)

19. MOBILE DATABASE TOOLS –
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Strengths
 Fast access to place that data store
 High reach ability
 Highly portable
 Its support to process different type of data efficiently
 Works on different platforms
 Data Availability
 Support applications developed in several programming
languages.

20. MOBILE DATABASE TOOLS –
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Strengths
 Support connections drivers
 Data synchronization
 Security functions for protect data
 In open source software highly flexible in user needs

21. MOBILE DATABASE TOOLS –
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Weakness
 High Cost
 Limited Power Supply
 Mobility
 Disconnections of the mobile and server connectivity
 Bandwidth of wireless network was restricted.
 Issue in Wireless Communication speed
 Issue in wireless security
 Misbehavior physical activities

22. CONCLUSION
 In 21 ear people’s needs and wants increase rapidly, a
part of that business world needs also increase.
 After the mobile phone introducing people try to get all
information through the mobile.
 Applications need to be small because mobile devices
have less resources like memory, power and processor
capabilities etc;
 DB tools need work in most of the OS, Synchronization
between client servers in secure manner.
 Run on small footprint are most important. connection
oriented driver support and support different
programming tools.
 DB management, Data recovery, restoring, maintain

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