Data Virtuality Platform vs. Precisely Assure MIMIX

Data Virtuality Platform's best and most unique feature is
that it is SQL-based, giving us flexibility when working with our data that
other marketing integration pipeline tools couldn't provide. Our main benefits
are the short time it takes to connect to our data sources and the flexibility
of the virtual SQL layer to meet our end users' data needs. It paves the way
for us to tap into various data repositories, extract the data contained
within, and examine it. It allows us to access information, generate actionable
reports, and make data-driven decisions. However, inadequate data governance
rules and a complex configuration process make data connectors challenging.

Incentivized

MIMIX is clearly the best IBMi solution for most high availability and disaster recovery situations. It provides rock-solid replication and agile ability to switch quickly. In its earlier days, some organizations used it as a primary daily system backup method. With the advent of Ransomware, this is no longer advisable. The strength of MIMIX real-time replication becomes a weakness if IBMi data becomes infected. As in any real-time replication product, at that point, two systems are infected.

Incentivized

• ETL/ELT model building is flexible.
• The pipes' setup and use are intuitive.
• It lets us access various data sources, extract, and analyze data.

Incentivized

• Redundancy - needs to be available at a moment's notice.
• Protection - the business would be greatly impacted, therefore protection of production systems is key to the business succeeding.
• Usability - needs to be user-friendly, easy to navigate and operate, as it will be required at any given time.

Incentivized

• Configuring data connectors can be tricky.
• Price could be more flexible and adapt to the use case.
• The ETL builder's user interface could be prettier.

Incentivized

• Possible false sense of security for ransomware attacks.

Incentivized

MIMIX is software built for availability. By its nature it is must be available. As long as the underlying system and communication network are available MIMIX is working. And if there are failures in either of those, MIMIX is designed to allow for a quick and resilient recovery once underly systems or communications are restored

Incentivized

I have never seen MIMIX itself be a performance bottleneck. However it is important to consider the network in overall performance of any remotely replicated systems. MIMIX can only replicate as fast as the network allows. But a strong capability of MIMIX is its ability to "buffer" its replication, so it can be sent without error as the network allows

Incentivized

Support is available and efficient. Response time is good and likelyhood of a quick resolutiion is high. However the mature solid product and proactive management tools, fortunately make support requirements relatively rare. The support for version upgrades is also strong, but again the basic upgrade process is usually straightforward and well documented.

Incentivized

Data Virtuality Platform has powerful transformation and
scheduling capabilities combined with the best support team. A virtual data
layer that supports SQL procedures is a game changer. Data Virtuality has made
data management more efficient. It lets us access various data sources, extract,
and analyze data. The short time it takes to connect to our data sources and
the flexibility of the virtual SQL layer allows us to meet our end users' data
needs.

Incentivized

We used MIMIX for its role for iSeries high availability. We used Double Take by Vision Solutions for our production Windows environment. MIMIX is designed for iSeries, and Double Take was designed for Windows. We had VMware virtual environment, running multiple VMs for production ERP Lawson M3, now Infor. Both MIMIX and Double Take played the role well for what needed to be done. Without either MIMIX or DoubleTake, the business would have been impacted.

Incentivized

MIMIX works to its intended functionality. It provides real time data replication across multiple partitions and systems as defined. I have never witnessed any problems with MIMIX in scaling to larger systems or adding new data groups. In conjunction with the inherent scalability of IBMi scalability and configuration flexibillity are rather quick and easy.

Incentivized

• It has the capability of integrating data from a variety of different sources.
• It improved development and user interface to offer a robust MDM repository and strategy.
• It offers a comprehensive solution for processing and retrieving data, which is one of the ways it assists.

Incentivized

• MIMIX had a positive impact, as the organization has had to rely upon the unplanned switch.
• MIMIX definite must if organization is running i Series, and business needs are 24/7.
• Without MIMIX in place, the downtime impact to the business would have been great.

Incentivized