RE: cross platform replication

How about:

5)    RollYourOwnWithSocketPrograms

On Fri, 14 May 2004 13:12:08 -0500, "Jim Damato"
<jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> So it really comes down to which product has the coolest name:
> 
> 1)      Symbiator
> 2)      Omni-Replicator
> 3)      Transformation Server
> 4)      RPG2SQL Integrator
> 
> I kind of agree with Evan.  I'd really like to own a Symbiator regardless
> of
> what it actually does.
> 
> I may have to choose based on how well the company runs their website.
> Mimix's site is designed to obscure and withhold information, encouraging
> contact with Sales.  Data Mirror's "Contact Sales" button generated an
> e-mail that gets bounced by their mail server.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for their advice.
> 
> -Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: don yattaw [mailto:neal_dy@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 10:02 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: cross platform replication
> 
> 
>    There is also mimix's omni-replicator tool. 
> 
>    >From: Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>    >Reply-To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    >To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    >Subject: Re: cross platform replication
>    >Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 23:16:51 +1200
>    >
>    >Hi Jim
>    >
>    >Vision's Symbiator product (great name) and DataMirror's
>    >Transformation Sverer are the two I'm aware of in this area though
>    >I'm not entirely sure whether they exactly meet your needs or not.
>    >
>    >Cheers
>    >Evan Harris
>    >
>    >
>    >>We've been talking about buying Oracle's DB/2 AS/400 Gateway
>    >>product.  In
>    >>considering our application needs we've come to realize that it
>    >>isn't going
>    >>to do what we want because it's going the wrong way.
>    >>
>    >>We need to replicate data where the AS/400 is the source system.  
>    >>The
>    >>gateway allows you to create an Oracle view to an AS/400 table.  
>    >>We're
>    >>dealing with large AS/400 tables, updated frequently.  On the
>    >>Oracle side
>    >>we'd  have to pull all the data through the view instead of
>    >>accepting
>    >>periodic updates/changes.
>    >>
>    >>Is anyone working with replication from an AS/400 to an Oracle
>    >>database?  I
>    >>know IBM has an incredibly expensive solution, and I can think of a
>    >>few
>    >>complicated ways to roll my own.
>    >
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