SAP DB Improvements Since 1997
Optimized checkpoint handling
Parallel creation of indexes
Parallel backup and restore
Optimized locking and logging
Better handling of "log full" and "database full" errors
Interactive support for the restore process
Reduced converter cache size (factor 10)
Improved monitoring and diagnostics
Unicode support (UTF-16)
Support for the Linux operating system
64 bit UNIX versions as operating system platform
New database tools
SAP DB Improvements Since 1997 
SAP DB Improvements Since 1997