This document discusses CUBRID, an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It provides information on the following: - CUBRID was launched globally in 2008 and is optimized for web services and applications with high traffic. New features are developed in Romania. - CUBRID uses a 3-tier architecture for high performance and scalability with various interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, PHP and tools for easy management. - CUBRID provides high availability with automatic node failure detection and failover between master/slave brokers and database servers.