Why pay more for a High Availability solution,
if all you need is a Disaster Recovery solution?
Simple Object Replicator (SOR) provides an affordable disaster recovery solution to IBM i, iSeries, and AS/400 administrators at a cost that is far less than most high availability products. SOR makes it affordable for even small businesses to implement a hot site disaster recovery solution.
Businesses are becoming more aware of the need to plan for continued business operations in the event of a disaster. Historically, the cost for software needed to implement a hot site disaster recovery solution has been out of the reach of many small to medium businesses. But now, Simple Object Replicator (SOR) provides an affordable disaster recovery solution to AS/400 administrators. At a cost that is far less than most high availability software products, SOR makes it affordable for even small to medium businesses to implement a hot site disaster recovery plan.
SOR replicates objects from one IBM AS/400, iSeries, or IBM
i to another. SOR works best at replicating database files, data
areas, and data queues on a static system, where a static system is
defined as one in which the objects being replicated are not frequently
deleted and re-created. Even though SOR works best on static
systems, SOR can also work on most systems where the replicated objects
do get deleted and re-created. SOR can also replicate other
objects such as programs and display files. At this time, SOR
does not replicate user profiles, or objects stored in the IFS.
SOR now has the ability to replicate user
profiles!
SOR provides a simple, easy to use interface for you to manage the replication of objects on your system. SOR is designed to look and feel much like PDM, which is a familiar interface for many users.
SOR is designed to perform all of the tasks associated with preparing objects for replication. You do not need to know how to create or manage journals and receivers, SOR does all of this for you.
SOR is a proven data replication product with its first installation occurring in July, 2005.
Why pay more for a High Availability
solution,
if all you need is a Disaster Recovery solution?
SOR is NOT high availability software. SOR is data
replication software.
True high availability software gives you the ability to load PTFs and
perform OS upgrades on the primary system while users operate on the
secondary system. A planned transition can be made to switch operations
over to the secondary system with little down time for users. Once the
OS upgrade or PTF load is completed, and all data changes have been
propagated to the primary system, another planned transition can be
made to switch the users back again. This requires the
secondary system to be configured the same as the primary system
so that it can support a normal work load while maintaining the same
level of operations and response times as the primary system.
Data replication software provides you a hot site backup system with
current data to be used in the event of a disaster or other long-term
outage. A hot site backup system allows you to be operational
within a short amount of time with fairly current data, as opposed to
being down for several hours or days while the most recent backup tapes
are delivered and restored onto a backup system. Often, companies
are able to utilize a smaller system for their disaster recovery
solution because it is understood that in the event of a true disaster,
the company will most likely be operating at a reduced capacity
and will not have the need for as large a system as normal.
Most small to medium sized businesses have no real need for a high availability solution. They can accommodate the few hours of planned down time each year that is necessary for loading PTFs or performing the occasional OS upgrade. What most small to medium sized businesses really need is the ability to continue their business operations after a disaster. SOR can provide that capability to them at a fraction of the cost of most high availability solutions.
If you need true high availability, click here for
IBM approved HA solutions for the AS/400, iSeries, and IBM i.
If you are just looking to implement a disaster recovery plan that
allows your business to continue operating after a disaster, SOR is the
right product for you at a price that won't hurt your budget.
Simple Object Replicator is SIMPLE
TO INSTALL, and SIMPLE TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN.
SOR is simply the best low-cost disaster recovery solution for AS/400,
iSeries, and IBM i!
How does SOR work? A remote journal environment is established between your production system and your disaster recovery system. SOR reads entries from the remote journal receivers on the disaster recovery system and "applies" the information in each journal entry to a replicated copy of the appropriate object. It's that simple!

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Replicator (SOR) is developed and owned exclusively by Midrange Resources, Inc.
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