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Hi there,

I would love to make a list and have a collection of database servers, could you all please help me?

It would be nice if you could provide a link to their homepage. If you post, I will update the first post.

  • MySQL (http://www.MySQL.org/)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Access
  • MSSQL
  • ODBC
  • Sybase ()

Thank you all for helping!

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Thread started by to collect database servers — a useful community resource. Thanks to and for populating names and to and for pointing out the server-vs-database semantics. Important clarification up front: a “database server” means the DBMS process/service that accepts client connections and manages storage; desktop files (e.g., Access) and driver layers (ODBC) are not servers. (en.wikipedia.org)

To keep the list useful years later, record each entry with consistent fields: category (relational, key-value, document, wide‑column, graph, time‑series, search, NewSQL/distributed SQL, embedded), license, ACID/transaction guarantees, HA/replication support, default port, managed/cloud availability, and a short “best for” use-case. That lets readers filter for OLTP vs analytics, caching vs transactional workloads. For a current popularity snapshot across engines see DB‑Engines. (db-engines.com)

Add modern families, not just vendor names: embedded (SQLite), NoSQL families (document, key‑value, wide‑column, graph), NewSQL/distributed SQL, and specialized analytical/search engines. NoSQL covers several data models and tradeoffs (schema, consistency, horizontal scaling); embedded DBs are file‑based and used for local storage, testing, or mobile apps. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical checklist and quick checks:

  • Fields to capture: Name, Category, License, Protocol, ACID, HA/replication, Managed offerings, Default port, Official docs.
  • Sanity checks: confirm a running server with client tools or OS checks. Example commands:
# client/version checks
mysql --version
psql -c 'SELECT version();'

# check listening ports (Linux)
ss -tlnp | grep 5432

Always test backups and restores, note restrictions for managed services, and link to the vendor docs for install/upgrade instructions — many teams now prefer managed options (Amazon RDS, etc.) for operational offload. (aws.amazon.com)

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Sybase =>

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Sybase =>

Thank you for the quick reply, first post updated.

Member Avatar for samaru

How could you have missed Oracle?! :p Sure I'd like to help, but ODBC and Access are not database servers. Access is just a database file and ODBC is an API to a database.
If you want a list of databases, visit:

Here's a list of what I think are mainstream databases:

mSQL - http://www.hughes.com.au/
FireBird - http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/
Oracle - http://www.oracle.com
PostgreSQL - http://www.postgresql.org/
SAP DB - http://www.sapdb.org/
SQL Server - http://www.microsoft.com/sql/
Sybase -
DB2 - http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/

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The whole point is for members to contribute :P Not for Dan to post somewhere that Floris can copy/paste :P Silly Dan. ;)

Member Avatar for samaru

It'll save time that way. Rather than each user posting one database, he can just copy and paste them. ;)

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Hello,

here is my list

mSQL - http://www.hughes.com.au/
FireBird - http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com/
Oracle - http://www.oracle.com
PostgreSQL - http://www.postgresql.org/
SAP DB - http://www.sapdb.org/
SQL Server - http://www.microsoft.com/sql/
Sybase -
DB2 - http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/
Interbase - http://www.borland.com
Birdstep (Velocis) - http://www.birdstep.com
Ingres - http://www.ca.com
Ovrimos - (don´t know the link)
Cachè - www.intersystems.com
Informix -

Do you know that AlligatorSQL http://www.alligatorsql.com supports eight of
these databases ? Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Interbase, Birdstep, MSSQL, Ingres and PostgreSQL.

Cu :cheesy:

Member Avatar for Tom_31

I'd submit that what is listed above are not database servers. They are databases. That may in fact have been the intent of the ask which is fine, but apps do not equal servers.

Member Avatar for Reverend Jim

Technically, MySql is not a database server. It is a database engine and the engine plus the supporting hardware/software constitutes a database server. A database, however, is the set of tables/stored procedures, etc. specific to an implementation. That is why we refer to things like an employee database or a student database, meaning the specific implementation rather than the underlying hardware or DB engine.

But that's if you want to be pedantic. In the confines of an informal discussion everyone knows the OP's intentions.

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