Mainframe Data Replication Implementation Service (Local and Remote)

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In today’s extremely competitive market climate where downtime costs can run in the millions of dollars per hour, reliable data storage and recovery systems are essential. Companies also face the challenge of managing growing amounts of data across multiple data storage systems in multiple locations -- all while optimizing the use of storage hardware resources and minimizing the management burden.

PeakData’s Local and Remote Mainframe Data Replication Implementation Services are designed to help companies configure the local and/or remote software for optimum use in the mainframe environment. Incorporating planning, testing, and deployment phases, this service is designed to deliver a local or remote replication solution that is optimally configured to meet each company’s unique requirements.

Throughout the delivery of this service, particular emphasis is placed on knowledge transfer, along with the development and delivery of documentation that has been developed to reflect the environment. Key benefits include:

  • On-site service delivery with no impact to production operations
  • Ensuring data availability with either local or remote site system failover
  • Recovering data and restoring operations after outages according to RPOs and RTOs
  • Maintaining data consistency across sets of data and across disk systems
  • Service is available for industry leading applications, including but not limited to:
    • Hitachi Business Continuity Manager, Compatible Mirroring for IBM® FlashCopy®, Compatible Replication for IBM Extended Remote Copy (XRC), Copy-on-Write Snapshot, ShadowImage™, TrueCopy™, Universal Replicator
    • IBM Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS™) System Data Mover (SDM) Copy Services which include: Extended Remote Copy(XRC), Coupled XRC (CXRC), Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC), SnapShot, Concurrent Copy (CC), FlashCopy, Global Mirror, Metro Mirror
    • Sun StorageTek Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC), SnapVantage