Rehost Your Mainframe to Unix
Many data centers today are looking to migrate from expensive mainframes to more cost-effective Sun Solaris servers. The ROI for rehosting from a mainframe to Unix environment demands strong consideration for the endeavor, but the challenges associated with seamlessly emulating and converting data from a large diversity of media tapes, data structures and locations within the Unix environment can be daunting to say the least.
Data center operations handle large quantities of datasets in a variety of formats. The rehosting process requires that these large operations are kept running smoothly and efficiently without impacting flexibility or productivity. In the past data centers had three choices; custom write code to read the handful of format variations they needed to process - usually an expensive option, with results limited capabilities, outsource it to a specialist (like eMag) or refuse to accept data unless it was in one of a small handful of predefined formats. Now there is a product that will allow you to rehost your mainframe to the Unix environment.
Built on our core competencies of data migration and conversion, MM/UNIX is designed for seamless data interchange between legacy, incomparable and current SCSI storage technology, and it allows the mainframe user to migrate to the Unix Open Systems environment. MM/UNIX can help with the replacement of mainframe tape handling on two accounts. First it processes more logical backups and interchange formats than any other system, and so the tape format will never be an issue. Secondly by using the command line scripting capability, the whole product can be integrated into a complete production environment. The MM/UNIX package runs both interactively and in a type of batch sense with scripts rather than Operators providing the usage commands, and it allows the user to immediately process tape based data much faster using this system due to the inherent processing power of the hardware.
See how eMag recently helped one industry leader rehost their mainframe applications to the Unix environment or contact us today to learn more about MM/UNIX.
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