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Breakthrough Achievement in Fast Heterogeneous
File Transfer and File Sharing - Saving Time, Cost, and IT Resources
Information Sharing for Today's Enterprise
Information is power. It enables businesses to enter markets ahead
of competitors, discover and exploit opportunities sooner, increase
market share, and provide needed services faster and more efficiently
than competitors. InfoMover harnesses information and accelerates
its delivery, here and when it's needed. Fast access to current data
results in better, more informed business decisions and creates a
time-to-market competitive advantage.
InfoMover accelerates the velocity of information and allows
access to data in ways that support the business without bottlenecks.
A Unique Solution that Increases Enterprise
Productivity
InfoMover is a unique, high performance software solution that combines
flexible information transfer and sharing capabilities, enabling open
access to information within the data center. InfoMover transfers
files bi-directionally between any combination of mainframe, UNIX-,
or Window NT-based systems using the Symmetrix® Enterprise Storage
system and existing I/O channel connections instead of the network.
InfoMover also enables UNIX systems to directly read MVS files using
the Symmetrix channels, eliminating the need to move data, thus saving
valuable file transfer time.
Mainframe, UNIX, and Window NT systems can now access information
regardless of where it was created. Vital business and operations
files residing on your mainframe systems can be easily and quickly
accessed by open systems. Files created on your open systems can be
made available for your mainframe, other open systems, and Windows
NT applications.
By freeing up valuable network resources, InfoMover saves time, money,
and resources, resulting in faster time-to-market and opportunity
exploitation through the use of all your information resources.
Cross-Platform Information Sharing Operation
InfoMover enables seamless information movement between heterogeneous
platforms, leveraging the advanced capabilities of Symmetrix to facilitate
high-speed transfers between host systems. InfoMover software is installed
on each host platform. File transfer may be initiated from either
the source or target host. Since InfoMover uses the high-speed cache
of the Symmetrix system and the shared I/O channels as the transport
medium, the transfers occur at very high speeds.
InfoMover provides a familiar FTP-like interface for quick and easy
implementation. InfoMover also provides a new, easy to use GUI which
supports "drag and drop" file transfers, eases file transfer setup,
saves time, and minimizes error. The file transfer process, which
can be executed as a batch process, can also be saved into a file
that can be replayed or modified for future file transfers. The result
is improved efficiency, reduced costs, and faster exploitation of
business opportunities.
InfoMover supports cross-platform file transfers of information resident
on alternate sources. Using InfoMover with Symmetrix, files can be
moved to or from CLARiiON® storage arrays, MVS magnetic tape,
and other storage systems.
InfoMover also enables shared access to mainframe data from UNIX systems.
This shared access is provided by enabling UNIX systems to NFS mount
MVS files. MVS data is then read utilizing the Symmetrix channels,
offloading the network and increasing network availability. MVS data
integrity is maintained through an InfoMover agent that provides MVS
security checking and MVS locking (enqueue/dequeue). Though MVS files
appear local to open systems, the data and existing MVS data management
utilities remain on the MVS system.
InfoMover Helps You Get Your Network Back
As networks grow and the volume of data explodes, requests for information
dramatically increase. The resulting increase in network traffic negatively
impacts the overall capabilities and effectiveness of this high-demand
resource. InfoMover is a unique solution that improves file transfers
and enables direct data access while offloading network traffic. Reduced
traffic means more predictable operation to support other enterprise
goals and business needs.
Within a SAN InfoMover offers high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity
and advanced, highly resilient switching technology to provide bulk
data movement to an expanded number of UNIX and Windows NT platforms*.
File transfer rates of up to 36MB per second for multiple concurrent
file transfers can be achieved with all types of I/O channels: ESCON,
SCSI, Ultra SCSI, and Fibre Channel. File transfer size is bounded
only by the limit imposed by the operating systems involved. Simultaneous
with those file transfers, your CPUs can be performing their regular
business operations with minimal impact.
Additional InfoMover Benefits
EBCDIC-to-ASCII and ASCII-to-EBCDIC character translations are handled
by Info-Mover at the open system server. This data conversion ensures
that files are received accurately and are available in the needed
format. InfoMover also supports named pipes on UNIX systems for data
input or output. This removes the need to first land the data on the
target system and create intermediary files. Users can "pipe" the
data directly into a database or third-party application.
Bottom line: Saves time, cost, and IT resources
 Key
Benefits
- Enhances information delivery within the data center through
accelerated file transfers
- Shortens data warehouse refresh times
- Provides high-speed cross-platform mainframe, UNIX, and Windows
NT file transfers
- Enables open systems file sharing of mainframe data
- Relieves batch scheduling constraints
- Provides Switched fabric connectivity for both local or extended
distances
- Provides MVS security and locking
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