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Thanks Chris..good point...I need near real time, not real real time. Do you have any examples of the remote journal programming? On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:47:33 -0700, "Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Remote journaling works great. It takes some programming to get up and > running. Once you have the journal working for one file, you can simply > add > additional files with no programming. Gives you near real time mirroring > too. Trigger can work great too. Especially if you need the write on > the > remote file before you return to the application. I would use a DDM file > though and not transfer a batch. But if communications is down, the DDM > will fail and so will the application. > > So the question is, do you want REAL time of NEAR real time? > > I would go with the journaling as long as the file updates are one way. > Now > if you need to modify the file on more than one system, well we do that > here > and I must say, journaling does not work, nor does any mirroring package > that I can afford. > > Chris Bipes > > -----Original Message----- > > I'd appreciate opinions (especially if they're based on fact <smile>) > regarding remote database synchronization. I have a situation where I > need to keep some files updated on a remote iSeries system in the > unlikely event the main iSeries crashes. I can't go the package route > now due to cost constraints. Since there are only three files (but large > ones with a lot of records), I was thinking I could trigger the files on > the main system and write add/change/delete records to a file. I could > then transfer the file to the remote system (every x minutes) and apply > those changes to the corresponding remote file. I could do the same > thing with journalling. > > Thoughts? > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > -- michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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