MIMIX® for SAP® R/3®
SAP runs your enterprise. If it stops, you're out of business. SAP is very dependable and the IBM® AS/400® is one of the most reliable systems in the world. That's why you chose them. But, remember, there is no inherent Availability Management solution that is part of SAP R/3 enterprise software and, furthermore, such a solution is not native to the AS/400 platform.
And, of course, things do happen. Lightning strikes. Disks crash. And all sorts of other unexpected events can stop your systems. However, that's not the worst of it. More than 90% of AS/400 downtime is intentional and necessary. It is called planned maintenance: database backups and reorganizations, software and hardware upgrades, and other administrative functions.
You used to be able to accommodate most planned maintenance during weekends or at night. However, two converging trends made these hours insufficient or even non-existent. First, databases are growing rapidly and, therefore, require more time to reorganize and backup. Second, expanding business hours translate into shorter off-hour windows. In fact, some retailers and multi-shift manufacturers, as well as almost all web-based and global companies, operate round-the-clock. For them, no downtime - planned or unplanned - is acceptable.
Eliminate SAP Downtime
MIMIX for SAP R/3 provides the data and application availability necessary to ensure that R/3 applications remain online whenever your business needs them - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
MIMIX for SAP R/3 is designed specifically for SAP R/3. It addresses both planned and unplanned downtime by automatically maintaining hot backup systems that are fully synchronized in real-time.
MIMIX for SAP R/3 also leverages the new MIMIX Model Switch FrameworkT, a comprehensive switching standard that ensures flexible and highly customizable application and database switching. It provides full functionality in all AS/400 SAP R/3 environments to allow a broad range of implementations - from manual switching to fully automated, "lights out" switching.
The combination of real-time replication with rapid planned switchovers and unplanned failovers allows SAP R/3 environments to virtually eliminate downtime.
In addition, with MIMIX for SAP R/3, enterprises can distribute workloads among systems to achieve Continuous Operations and higher performance by offloading batch operations, database queries and other planned activities that impact data and application availability.
An automatic-configuration feature provides a centralized configuration and control-management point that ensures proper creation of the MIMIX for SAP R/3 environment. This includes automated configuration of communications, journaling, systems and auto-start entries.
The MIMIX for SAP R/3 solution works in any R/3 configuration. This includes two-tier and three-tier architectures and multiple R/3 SIDs, with no limitations on the R/3 topology. Because of its flexibility, it also easily accommodates any changes to your SAP R/3 environment.
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