DataMirror Enhances High Availability Offering; ObjectMirror and SwitchOver System Released.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1997-- Companies can now implement Data and Object High Systems Availability, Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , Data Distribution and Workload Balancing - all with DataMirror products! DataMirror Corporati(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) . ) Addressing the need for a high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. solution with a full spectrum of implementation options, DataMirror Corporation (TSE - DMC) today announced the shipment of ObjectMirror and SwitchOver switch·o·ver n. A complete shift, as from one system to another. System for the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AS/400. Having specialized in data transformation and replication software, DataMirror has released two new products for AS/400 high availability that enable high performance object-level mirroring and high-speed system switching. ObjectMirror provides real-time replication of objects between multiple AS/400 production machines or to a fail-safe system to provide fault-tolerance and backup and recovery. For planned or unplanned outages, production can quickly and efficiently be switched to a back-up system with SwitchOver System, a new high-speed switching product that completes DataMirror's high availability solution for IBM AS/400 servers. These new products enhance a customer's ability to keep their systems operating continuously to ensure access to essential applications. ObjectMirror and SwitchOver System complement DataMirror's award winning Transformation Server data mirroring and replication middle-ware. These new products further enhance DataMirror's powerful enterprise-wide replication offering. By combining the flexible capabilities of Transformation Server with the enhancements of ObjectMirror, companies can use the advantages of DataMirror's products for high availability as well as other enterprise replication requirements such as data warehousing, data and workload distribution and supporting servers for electronic-commerce. "Most companies cannot afford system outages for any reason. ObjectMirror and SwitchOver System ensure that companies are ready in the event of both planned and unplanned outages," commented Nigel Stokes Stokes , William 1804-1878. British physician. Known especially for his studies of diseases of the chest and heart, he expanded on the observations of John Cheyne in describing the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration. , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DataMirror. "Also, companies can achieve a better return on their investment by choosing DataMirror for high availability, since they can also implement data warehousing or data and workload distribution solutions with our products." ObjectMirror is also aimed at companies requiring a low cost solution to maintain 7/24 operations. Businesses can eliminate scheduled downtime scheduled downtime Informatics A planned, suspension of one or more computer functions to perform maintainance or enhance system operations. Cf Extended downtime. by running backups and batch processes on a fail-safe system while production applications continue to run on the primary system, allowing them to stay up and operate every hour of every week. Some of the powerful features that ObjectMirror and SwitchOver System offer include: - Real-time, scheduled or full-copy refresh mirroring of AS/400 objects On most other platforms everything is a file. On the AS/400 everything is an object. This seems to be the same as object-oriented programming, but with the AS/400 it's different. ; - Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. with copies on the same system or on many other systems; - Object grouping by execution priority and frequency; - High-speed switching to manually or automatically move users to a fail-safe system; - Decision control matrix provides flexibility to add conditional events; and - Fast, easy setup. About DataMirror Corporation DataMirror's software products deliver quick, cost efficient and programming-free transformation and replication that enable organizations to move data from where it is, to where it needs to be. DataMirror's award winning products are ideally suited for business applications such as building and replenishing data warehouses, data and workload distribution, high availability, custom application development and Internet commerce. DataMirror Corporation, with headquarters in Markham, Canada, markets and supports its products world-wide. DataMirror common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol DMC. Visit the company's web site at http://www.datamirror.com -0- DataMirror, Transformation Server, ObjectMirror and SwitchOver System are trademarks of DataMirror Corporation. IBM and AS/400 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. All other products and services listed herein are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: DataMirror Corporation Sheryl Kingstone, 508/ 877-8783 skingstone@datamirror.com or DataMirror Corporation Maria Kardaris, 905/ 415-0310 ext. 284 investors@datamirror.com Web Site: www.datamirror.com |
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