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Adabas for Mainframe

The fastest online transactional processing

Adabas for Mainframe is Today’s large mission-critical applications and Growth-oriented require tremendous throughput By storing structured as well as unstructured the fastest, most and scalability to support the immense data data as large objects, Adabas can accommodate dependable transactional and information growth arising from the any data type your organization needs to grow combination of structured and unstructured data and succeed. database management used across business processes. They must also share real-time data with a wide range of tools, Real-time data sharing system in the world. ® applications, databases and processes. You can easily access Adabas data from Java , Able to manage any data Microsoft®.NET, XML and SQL-based applications, Adabas for Mainframe and its add-on tools take as well as IBM MQSeries® and Web services, type, Adabas is the data advantage of new technologies and innovations eliminating the need for costly and time- management system of to provide exceptional transaction speed, consuming integration projects. availability and scalability at a manageable cost. choice for enterprises with Value-driven By delivering high throughput with low system high-end service level Key Benefits overhead (e.g., CPU, disk space use), Adabas reduces your total cost of ownership by delaying transaction requirements Performance-focused or eliminating hardware upgrades and program Working closely with IBM®, Software AG seeking a low total cost re-writes. optimized Adabas performance by leveraging of ownership. new IBM hardware technologies and by taking Simple administration and all-inclusive utilities advantage of the growth in processor speeds also reduce your costs by delivering the highest and memory capacities. service level with a fraction of the staff and system resources needed for comparable Unmatched speed database management systems. With more than 1.14 million commands per second benchmarked on a commercial IBM Unmatched performance plus productivity make mainframe system, Adabas provides unmatched Adabas the smart choice for your money. performance for OLTP environments.

Digital enterprise ready Be part of the digital revolution by leveraging easy-to-use data access and replication features of Adabas to participate in data warehouse, business intelligence and big data environments.

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IBM large page support Features Improve the performance of long-running, Compatibility memory-access intensive applications by Unmatched performance backing virtual storage above the 2 GB bar Adabas for Mainframe operates on Caching with large (1 MB or 2 GB) pages. For heavy • z/OS® Achieve faster response times by reducing users of large buffer areas, you may reduce CPU consumption by configuring your caching • z/VSE® Adabas-related I/O with Adabas Caching Facility. By buffering data in main memory, facility or parallel services to use large pages. • BS2000/OSD the number of physical reads is greatly Languages supported include Natural, reduced generating better performance. Easy scalability COBOL and C. IBM zHPF I/O support IBM zIIP support Optimize mainframe I/O for storage devices Take advantage of IBM’s processor innovation with Adabas support of IBM’s new zHPF. zHPF by moving almost all batch workload of Natural Portability from IBM general processors to less expensive dramatically improves I/O rates, bandwidth zIIP for execution with Software AG’s zIIP Software AG provides tools and and I/O service times while preserving quality Enabler for Natural. Adabas supports Natural services to easily move Adabas from of service. the mainframe to z/Linux® and callers running on zIIP processors. LUW platforms. Ask about Cronus In-memory data storage Large file partitioning Rehosting Suite and Adabas for Reduce CPU usage and optimize performance ® ® ® Improve performance and increase DBA Linux , UNIX and Windows . by automatically and intelligently storing productivity by partitioning very large Adabas frequently accessed records in a memory files into multiple, smaller physical files with no space with Adabas Fastpath. changes to the application with Adabas Vista. Virtual storage—64-bit processing Extensive field support Enhance performance by leveraging virtual With up to 3214 fields per file available in storage above the 2 gigabyte (GB) bar with Adabas, you have no need to split records 64-bit processing support. across files, create joins and modify applications. This not only reduces the workload of DBAs and developers, but also reduces the workload for Adabas as it will not require additional I/O or CPU to execute multiple commands instead of one.

Access Multimedia storage Manage structured as well as unstructured Entire Net-Work SQL Gateway data as large objects. A large object field can contain up to 2 GB of data and store documents (such as HTML, XML, Microsoft® Word or PDF documents), pictures (such as JPG or BMP files) or other data conglomerates in a Performance Availability 24/7 single field in the database. Caching Facility Cluster Services Large records Fastpath Parallel Services Vista Adabas can handle large records by spanning zIIP Enabler a logical record into a number of physical record segments, each part fitting into a single Monitor & Manage for Mainframe Protect data storage block. Review Delta Save Optimize for Infrastructure Data Archiving Availability for ultra-high SLAs Online Services Data Masking ® SAF Security IBM Parallel Sysplex support Support non-stop availability in IBM’s Parallel Sysplex architecture by adding up to 32 Adabas nuclei in the cluster working on one Adabas database with Adabas Cluster Services. Replication Event Replicator for Adabas

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Multi-engine processor support Data archiving Improve performance, throughput and Comply with regulations and audit requirements scalability by running multiple Adabas by moving historical data into a “vault” to keep “Software AG continues nuclei in a multi-engine CPU in a single data available over a long period of time with to build on the LPAR configuration using Symmetric Multi- Data Archiving for Adabas. Processing (SMP) technology with reputation of Adabas as Adabas Minimize the cost of storage by archiving Parallel Services. Adabas from the mainframe to Linux®, UNIX®, being one of the fastest, ® Windows or flat files. leading-edge enterprise Real-time data sharing Central security administration Replication Ensure database security and compliance data management Support up-to-the-moment data warehousing, while minimizing administrative efforts by systems on industry- disaster recovery and business continuity using profiles centralized in external security initiatives with Event Replicator for Adabas. tools such as IBM RACF®, CA-ACF2® or CA-Top leading hardware Easily create an enterprise data-sharing Secret® with Adabas SAF Security. and operating system environment where data changes in Adabas System fields platforms of IBM to the replicate in real-time to other systems. Adabas automatically collects details such as job name, user, time and session ID for Data access for SQL apps ongoing benefit of our when records are created or updated without Provide real-time access to Adabas data by requiring you to change application programs. mutual customers.” creating a virtual data services layer that abstracts data from disparate data sources into —Wolfram Jost | CTO, R&D and Product Management, Software AG a single layer that is commonly understood and Monitoring and management accessible with Adabas SQL Gateway. Centralized management Increase productivity with a single interface Business users can conduct real-time business to administer Adabas and add-on tools with analysis of your Adabas data from their Adabas Online Services. Online utilities desktops by using standard SQL applications, can operate while Adabas concurrently runs such as Business Objects, IBM® Cognos®, transactions such as index, order and re- CONNX InfoNaut®, Crystal Reports, Access®, organizing. Excel® and Powerbuilder®. Reporting in XML Database connectivity Publish all output you request as an XML Access and update Adabas data in real-time document with the ADAREP utility. Cascading with any standard ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, ADO. style sheets and schema are provided to NET, ASP.NET and SQL-based application with simplify the search and reporting process. Adabas SQL Gateway. New reports can be easily viewed in your browser with products like Infopath®. Network access Monitoring with SMF Access Adabas databases anywhere on the Record performance and resource consumption network, regardless of hardware, operating with ease as Adabas supports IBM System system or transaction processing environment Management Facility (SMF), a component of with Entire Net-Work. IBM’s z/OS that provides a standardized method for writing out records of activity. Data governance & security Controlling file modifications Backup and recovery Simplify maintenance with utilities that give Quickly back up only the changed blocks in a you greater control over file modifications. database with Adabas Delta Save. Frequent The ability to delete unnecessary descriptors saves makes for rapid recovery from disk failure. and fields, redefine unique descriptors and set files in read-only state are just a few controls Data masking provided. And just in case someone changes Protect sensitive information while quickly their mind, the ability to undo those changes creating quality test data with Data Masking without loss of data is included, saving DBAs for Adabas. valuable time and effort.

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Support for chargebacks Stay connected! Ask your Software AG Drive down costs, recoup expenses and delay representative about these upgrades. Determine chargebacks, debug valuable add-on tools: programs, resolve error messages, identify Software AG programs using excessive resources, track • Adabas Caching Facility historical resource utilization and tune the TECHcommunity Discover Share Collaborate • Adabas Cluster Services database with Adabas Review. • • • Adabas Delta Save Join the community and follow the latest Complex environment view news on Adabas at: Proactively monitor application performance • Adabas Fastpath http://TECHcommunity.softwareag.com/Adabas across multiple products in large-scale and • Adabas Online Services complex Adabas environments. Receive Social Media Center • Adabas Parallel Services automated notifications and view results on Access more than 100 different social an interactive dashboard with Optimize for channels, communities, and blogs, visit: • Adabas Review Infrastructure. www.softwareag.com/social • Adabas SAF Security International User Groups • Adabas SQL Gateway Network with your peers from all around the • Adabas Vista globe, visit: www.softwareag.com/IUG • Data Archiving for Adabas • Data Masking for Adabas • Entire Net-Work • Event Replicator for Adabas • Optimize for Infrastructure • zIIP Enabler for Natural

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