Re: Transparent replication of DB2 data on WAN ?

From: David Shanahan <dshan_at_ovs.com.au>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 06:53:55 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Aug17.065355.1215_at_ovs.com.au>


In article <24o60n$6k9_at_DIALix.oz.au> manfan_at_DIALix.oz.au (Manuel Tsz Pong Fan) writes:
>
>Our organization is in the process of moving away from an architecture
>which relies solely on DB2/MVS to store and CICS/MVS to access trusted
>corporate data. The option currently favoured by management and heavy
>weight users is to replicate DB2 data onto DOZENS of databases on a WAN.
>
>Before I double my life insurance, can anyone tell me whether any
>vendor provides a solution which will more or less transparently
>synchronize replicas either continuously or at pre-determined intervals?
>Has anyone actually done this?
>
>Can System 10 do it?
>

Yes, System 10's Replication Server will do this, when it becomes available (I think its currently in beta on core platforms). Should be GA by 4th Qtr 93 or 1st Qtr 94 (?)

>Can Oracle handle replication transparently at all?
>
>BTW, is any DBMS vendor besides IBM supporting or planning to support
>DRDA?
Sybase have committed to supporting DRDA, but no dates that I am aware of.
>
>
>manuel fan
>programmer analyst
>water authority of western australia
>voice: 61-9-4202014
>fax: 61-9-4203177
>internet: manfan_at_DIALix.oz.au

Regards
David S. Received on Tue Aug 17 1993 - 08:53:55 CEST

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