ADASTRIP, a utility for fast, efficient extraction of ADABAS data from backups and directly from databases is ensuring smooth and effective database administration at a leading motor manufacturer in East London.
ADASTRIP, locally distributed by Bateleur Software Holdings, is suitable for recovering historical data from old backup tapes, creating test data, extracting subsets of data for deferred processing, removing historical data from the database and exporting data to another database.
It can reduce ADABAS load by allowing processing to be performed on extracted data, eliminating the overhead associated with accessing ADABAS. By extracting a copy of the data from a backup, effectively "freezing" the image of the database at a point in time, ADASTRIP facilitates analysis, which requires static data.
"There is no faster way of extracting information from ADABAS. It adds tremendous value to back-up information, because it allows processing to be performed on extracted data," says Sam Selmer-Olsen, director of Bateleur Software Solutions.
debis IT Services Southern Africa, the company currently overseeing the utilisation of ADASTRIP at DaimlerChrysler SA heard about its excellent reputation from other satisfied users and after evaluating the product were pleasantly surprised when this tool lived up to its admirable reputation.
"What impressed us most was the ease of installation of ADASTRIP, which simply entails downloading the library to our mainframe. We were also blown away by the speed at which ADASTRIP operates, not to mention the surprisingly short learning curve required to obtain a solid understanding of the system," says Kerry Swemmer, ADABAS DBA at DaimlerChrysler SA on behalf of debis IT Services Southern Africa.
ADASTRIP uses considerably less computer resources to extract desired ADABAS data than an unload of the database. Batch processes can also be converted to work on ADASTRIP extract files instead of "live" production files, avoiding conflict with on-line users. . Because ADASTRIP extracts data from the backup, processing can be deferred for as long as the backup is kept.
"We use ADASTRIP to extract data out of ADABAS for further batch processing, and the speed at which is does this is faster and more efficient than anything we have seen before. ADASTRIP certainly outstrips the rest!"
Share