SAP Replication Server

Likelihood to Recommend

I asked questions about a warm standby and multicast replication. We ended up using bi-directional replication and a warm standby db. Having 3 or more live OLTP DB's where each was read-write was going to be difficult to manage for contention if the same table was being updated. We stuck with an easier solution to have only two OLTP's, and then used additional DB's as read-only DW's.

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Bruce Speidel

Senior Staff Engineer

Charter CommunicationsTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

SAP Replication Server

Connect to traditional data sources

Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL

SAP Replication Server

Simple transformations

Complex transformations

SAP Replication Server

Data model creation

Metadata management

Business rules and workflow

Collaboration

Testing and debugging

SAP Replication Server

Integration with data quality tools

Integration with MDM tools

Pros

guaranteed delivery
high availability
scalable
low latency
data transformation

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

So far we have not dealt with any challenges since we started to utilise its functionality or high speed data replication, with integrated transnational data from different data sources to exchange the replication of data.
Our only small concern is it takes extra effort to maintain the hardware and you need special DBAs skills to properly utilise its functionality with its capacity .

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Pradeep Bele

Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Gauri Ltd. | Transforming Customer Engagement For The Digital AgeInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

SAP Replication Server 10.0

Based on 1 answer

SAP support has been outstanding. They have quick response times and always meet their SLAs. Any time we have an issue that needs to be researched they are able to get back to us quickly with resolution.

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

Hands down Sybase has the best replication

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Bruce Speidel

Senior Staff Engineer

Charter CommunicationsTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

A positive is that it allow quick business decision making on the basis of real time data. Huge time saving for business.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

SAP Replication Server

SAP Replication Server