Princeton Softech's Archive for DB2 release 5.1.

Princeton Softech has announced the availability of Archive for DB2 5.1, an upgrade to the industry-leading software for active archiving in the mainframe environment.

This release delivers enhanced processing performance and faster access to archived data to meet the increasing needs of companies challenged to manage expansive database growth and reduce costs.

"Continuing database growth and data retention requirements are just two of the critical issues facing CIOs today and Princeton Softech's Active Archive Solutions have proven to be effective in managing this growth for the long term," said Joe Alea, Executive Vice President of Product Development at Princeton Softech. "As pressure continues to retain and access data for customer support, disaster recovery, and to comply with government regulations, active archiving is a must for today's Global 2000 companies. The enhancements in Archive for DB2 5.1 allow companies to archive increasingly larger volumes of enterprise data easier and in less time than any other solution on the market."

Archive for DB2 5.1 delivers new options to speed the removal of large volumes of rarely-accessed data from overloaded databases once it has been safely archived. As a result application performance and availability improve significantly. Companies also reduce or eliminate costs associated with expensive capacity upgrades.

The enhanced archive indexing and search capabilities provide faster methods for accessing archived data. Along with improving search response time, archive indexing is more efficient for searching archived data stored on tape, near-line devices, or searching data that has been migrated using IBM's Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Management (DFHSM) or similar software, without directly accessing the data.

This release also includes enhanced features for browsing archived data and additional options to provide information about the specific archive, delete, or restore actions to other applications. Release 5.1 offers more flexibility in how companies manage, store and access archived data across the enterprise.

Princeton Softech's Active Archive Solutions are application data model independent, easy-to-manage, and support critical, customer-facing applications across the enterprise.

The active archiving suite includes Princeton Softech's Archive for Servers for open systems environments with support for the leading databases (Oracle, DB2 UDB, SQL Server, Sybase, and Informix), and application-specific editions for PeopleSoft and Amdocs Clarify.

Using Princeton Softech's unique Relationship Engine technology, Active Archive Solutions remove subsets of seldom-used data (active reference data) from complex relational databases safely and precisely with 100 percent accuracy. Archived data can be stored on the most convenient and cost-effective storage medium and be easily accessed from an enterprise application.

A fully staged archive solution spanning all storage media is the only methodology that ensures the highest return on investment while meeting all business requirements. Ongoing active archiving manages long-term database growth and optimizes application performance and availability.