Local enterprise software specialist and distributor of DataMirror products in southern Africa, Dax Data, has announced a new technology that optimises the flow of data into and out of a high-speed software cache, thereby enabling near zero latency for system backup and recovery.
Jeremy Matthews, MD of Dax Data, says that in performance testing conducted at IBM`s AS/400 development laboratory in Rochester, Minnesota, a single instance of XtremeCache moved data from a primary system to the backup system`s cache at 90 million transactions per hour. The data was then applied to the backup system faster than 60 million transactions per hour.
"When configured in multiple high availability instances, XtremeCache managed to achieve rates of over 200 million applied transactions per hour in the IBM Rochester Lab," he adds. "DataMirror reports that it has yet to find the maximum throughput capacity of XtremeCache, but it expects that these results are nowhere near the maximum performance potential."
Matthews says the greatest difficulty encountered during testing was in creating the enormous volumes of data required.
From a business point of view he says DataMirror`s caching technology means that AS/400 applications and data are not only continuously available, but the performance enhancements it provides make those applications truly scalable - a must in an increasingly Internet driven world where volumes can triple overnight.
"Even companies with extremely high transaction volumes can rely on it solutions to keep ERP, e-Business, banking and financial applications running 24 hours a day and 365 days a year," says Matthews.
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Dax Data
Based in Cape Town with an office in Johannesburg, Dax Data has made a business of extending the useful life of legacy systems. A Microsoft Solution Provider and an IBM Business Partner, offers solutions for secure delivery of enterprise applications and information across organisational boundaries and the Internet. Product agencies it holds include: NetManage; GraphOn; DataMirror; Tango/04; Allaire; Categoric; NSAReport.Web; BackSoft; and HiT.
DataMirror Corporation
DataMirror is a leading provider of business data integration software. The Company`s products provide the underlying infrastructure required to integrate e-business applications with operational and legacy systems.
DataMirror software gives companies the ability to ensure that data is distributed, available, effectively managed and accessible anywhere in the world in real-time. DataMirror software integrates data among multiple databases including DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase across OS/390, OS/400, NUMA-Q, UNIX, Linux and Microsoft Windows NT/2000. More than 1,000 customers have chosen DataMirror software to integrate their business critical data and applications.
Founded in 1993, DataMirror is a worldwide company with distribution in more than 30 countries. DataMirror has corporate headquarters in Toronto, Canada and offices throughout North America and Europe. DataMirror is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: DMC).
In Profit Magazine`s 12th annual survey of fastest growing companies in Canada, DataMirror`s 35,946% growth over the past 5 years earned the distinction of being the fastest growing software company in Canada and the third fastest growing company across all industries. DataMirror`s growth makes it the fastest growing software company in the 12 year history of the Profit 100. For more information, visit the company`s web site at http://www.datamirror.com.