Triggers Vs. Journalling

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?


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