U.S. Federal Civilian Agency

This federal government civilian agency has 56 field offices and 400 satellite offices. Many of its key applications are based on Software AG’s Adabas and Natural technologies.

Görev

System failure is simply not an option for this agency’s sensitive operations. Two 24/7 data centers mirror each other for failover purposes. Legacy disaster recovery processes are too labor intensive with defined gaps. The agency aims to:

• Increase the reliability and speed of disaster recovery
• Speed access to applications on an alternate platform during a disaster
• Reduce maintenance efforts for its disaster recovery infrastructure
• Reduce the costs of an effective disaster recovery program

Çözüm

After a full assessment, Software AG recommends Event Replicator for Adabas. Software AG’s business case analysis arrives at the same conclusion as the government’s own ROI analysis: the solution will pay for itself in less than three years.

Event Replicator for Adabas:

• Conducts real-time, asynchronous replication of Adabas data
• Propagates only committed transactions via an internal interface
• Handles Adabas utilities with the same replication process, thus reducing exposure
• Transmits daily incremental backup information from Adabas Delta Save
• Provides bimonthly full database off-line saves to an alternate site
• Handles mirroring 10 different databases representing 675 gigabytes of data
  

Faydalar

• Offered this agency a real-time replication of data into a backup site
• Projected $1.82 million in savings (2006-2009) over status quo (current system)
• Balance of cost avoidance and control to assure 24/7 operations
• No compromise to security or infrastructure integrity in an emergency
• Reduced maintenance of custom code when processes replicating data to non-Adabas targets are replaced with Event Replicator
• Reduced dependency on agency DBA staff to execute complex disaster recovery processes
• Automation of key procedures eliminates potential for human error on certain systems