In a world that never sleeps, operational resilience is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. For organizations running mission-critical systems on Adabas & Natural, this means ensuring high availability, seamless performance, and fast recovery from unexpected disruptions. It’s about keeping the lights on—always.
While the concept of operational resilience may sound technical, the impact is deeply business-driven. When your core systems go down—even for a few minutes—entire processes can grind to a halt.
Key pillars of operational resilience
Operational resilience goes beyond simple uptime. It’s about ensuring your systems continue to perform—even under stress, change, or unexpected events. This means:
- Minimizing downtime—even during software upgrades, license upgrades, or configuration changes
- Avoiding performance degradation as workloads grow or shift
- Remaining resilient in the face of security threats or compliance demands
- Maintaining operations when infrastructure or servers fail
- Operating confidently across on-premises, mainframe, or hybrid cloud environments
As a senior presales architect with nearly four decades of experience, I believe resilience means keeping your mission-critical applications running 24/7—no matter what.
Key challenges—and how we address them
In the real world, challenges come in many forms:
- Performance under pressure: With growing workloads, you can’t afford delays. For example, MOTUS Europcar SA in South Africa was losing business due to 10-second API response times. After implementing Adabas Cluster on Linux and restructuring their backend load, their response time dropped below one second—well within SLA requirements.
- Downtime during maintenance: Even routine activities like updating licenses or changing configurations can introduce risk. Using Adabas & Natural’s clustering and high-availability features, you can make changes without taking systems offline.
- Compliance and security risks: Resilience also means staying secure. By working with our team to perform a comprehensive security assessment, you can identify gaps, improve auditability, and adopt features like Adabas Encryption and single sign-on using ODBC.
- Cost pressures on mainframe: With solutions like Natural batch for zIIP and Adabas for zIIP, customers can offload workloads to more cost-effective processors—often improving overall performance in the process.
From point solutions to holistic support
While we offer specific solutions like Natural High Availability and Adabas Cluster Services, our approach is increasingly holistic. We work side-by-side with your team to assess system health, identify risks, and co-innovate. Whether it’s a performance bottleneck or a resilience concern, if you’ve decided to adopt the cloud, we can help!
One key differentiator? Our ability to run Adabas & Natural across platforms—from IBM z/OS to Linux to cloud-native environments—and do it reliably.Ensure business continuity, scalability, and peace of mind with high-availability across mainframe, Linux, and cloud
Resiliency—the foundation & the future
Mainframe environments are exceptionally resilient. Linux and cloud can be too, offering capabilities like availability zones, dynamic scaling, and failover. The right path depends on your architecture, strategy, and risk tolerance.
Want to stress-test your resilience strategy?
Let’s start with a tailored operational resilience assessment or security check-up. Reach out to your Software AG representative and ensure your systems are ready — not just for today, but for whatever tomorrow brings.