AS/400, iSeries, & IBM i data replication

PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST DATA LOSS!

BACK UP your AS/400 data ANYTIME using SDR!

If your system experienced a disk drive failure at the end of a business day resulting in loss of data, could you re-create all of that day's transactions? How long would it take? And, at what expense? One of the benefits of SDR is the ability to back up your data multiple times daily, without affecting production! Backing up your data multiple times daily can also protect you against data loss due to accidental file deletions, etc.

When SDR is configured to utilize a properly prepared user ASP, loss of data due to a disk drive failure can practically be eliminated!

SDR can also be used to help keep your system available 24x7 by eliminating your backup window.

Simple Data Replicator (SDR) provides IBM i, iSeries, and AS/400 administrators with the tools needed to allow backups of production data at anytime, even multiple times a day, without interrupting production use of the system! SDR works with your existing backup software and devices, and is a better, more efficient means of backing up your AS/400 data than using save-while-active. Use SDR to protect yourself from data loss by backing up your data multiple times daily. SDR can protect you against accidental data loss, as well as data loss as a result of drive failure.
Or, you can use SDR to eliminate system down time for backups.

IBM finally acknowledges what our customers have known for years. In the V5R4 infocenter, IBM includes a new section titled "Backup from a second copy". Following is an excerpt from that section: "Some technologies, such as replication, make available a second copy of the data that can be used to shift the save window from the primary copy to the secondary copy. This technique can eliminate the backup window on the primary system. Therefore, it does not affect production since the backup processing is done on a second system."
Of course, our customers know that they don't have to have a second system in order to use this technique. All they need is our SDR product to allow them to maintain and back up a second copy of their data on a single system.
Click here to veiw the complete "Backup from a second copy" section of the V5R4 infocenter.

SDR replicates all of the changes made to the database files and data areas of your choice. The changes are applied to a duplicate set of the data objects stored in another location on your system.
SDR provides a simple, easy to use interface for you to manage the replication of data objects on your system. SDR is designed to look and feel much like PDM, which is a familiar interface for many users.
SDR is designed to perform all of the tasks associated with preparing data objects for replication. You do not need to know how to create or manage journals and receivers, SDR does all of this for you.
SDR can co-exist with most other data replication and high availability products. Use SDR to protect yourself against accidental data loss by backing up your critical data multiple times daily.
SDR operates on any AS/400, iSeries, or IBM i running V5R1 or higher.
SDR is a proven data replication product with its first installation occurring in May, 2004.

Simple Data Replicator is SIMPLE TO INSTALL, and SIMPLE TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN.
SDR is simply the best way to perform backups without interrupting the production use of your AS/400!

How does SDR work? SDR reads entries from journal receivers and "applies" the information in each journal entry to a replicated copy of the appropriate database file or data area. When you want to back up your data, you temporarily stop SDR, back up the replicated copies of your data, and then restart SDR. It's that simple!

SDR diagram

Midrange Resources, Inc. offers SDR at a very affordable price. We want every small to medium business to be able to afford data replication for their IBM i, iSeries, or AS/400.

We can do this because we are not spending tens of thousands of dollars every month for full page ads in magazines, sponsoring or exhibiting at trade shows or other events, or spending money on any other method of advertising. We do not even employ any marketing or sales personnel. Our only advertising is found on our websites, and through word of mouth.
A large portion of Midrange Resources' revenue still comes from our consulting and programming services. Our data replication software was developed to meet the needs of our customers, not with the intent of marketing it for tens of thousands of dollars per copy. As such, it lacks many of the "bells and whistles" that the more expensive products possess. However, we do continue to work on enhancing our products, using the feedback of our customers to determine what features get top priority in the development process.

If you would like to obtain a 90 day evaluation copy of our software, simply send an email to the address provided below. Please execute the following two commands on your system, and include the results in your email.
DSPSYSVAL QSRLNBR
DSPSYSVAL QMODEL

If you wish to replicate data from one system to another, or from one logical partition to another, you need to check out our Simple Object Replicator product.

We recommend using LaserVault Backup with SDR to perform multiple backups daily.

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Simple Data Replicator (SDR) is developed and owned exclusively by Midrange Resources, Inc.
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