Introduction Journal Analysis and Optimization Journaling Uses and Benefits Understanding Costs and Implications Ongoing Management and Administration

Journaling Uses and Benefits High Availability Data Warehousing Commitment Control Security and Data Auditing Application Debugging Troubleshooting

High Availability Data Replication Requirements Additional System(s) Impact “Real-Time” Replication Remote Journaling Increased Network Traffic Quality Assurance & Testing

Data Warehousing “Offloading” Workload Data Transformation Moving versus Solving Issues End-User Queries SQL Performance Analysis Duplicate Data – Integrity!

Commitment Control Appropriate Journaling Needs COMMIT and ROLLBACK Performance Implications Added Controls & Integrity Costs versus Benefits Impact on Data Replication

Security and Data Auditing Native File System Integrated File System Impact of Temporary Objects Application - Opens/Closes Security Audit Journal (QAUDJRN) Impact on Object Replication

Application Debugging Data Integrity Issues Application Performance Adds, Updates, Deletes Opens, Closes Temporary Objects “Real-Time” Information

Troubleshooting Application Issues Systems Management Performance Analysis Security Concerns Disaster Recovery System Availability Issues

Understanding Costs and Implications Performance Implications Hardware Upgrade Costs Data Integrity System Availability Security Risks Real-Time Visibility

Performance Implications Nightly Processing Window Month-End Closing Cycle Interactive Response Time End-User Query Needs “Real-Time” Data Replication DASD, CPU, I/O, Memory…

Hardware Upgrade Costs Appropriate Upgrades Optimization Costs/Benefits Hardware Costs/Benefits I/O Bound Systems Better Systems Management Simple Application Changes

Data Integrity Business Impact Analysis Difficult to Identify/Solve End-User Confidence Performance Implications End-User Queries Analysts Time and Effort

System Availability Day-to-Day System Uptime Recovery Time After Failure Weekly Processing Window Month-End Downtime 24x7 System Availability Proven, True, Hot Backup!

Security Risks Basic System Auditing Data Access and Auditing Public versus Private Network Reasonable Security Levels Proactive versus Reactive Auditing – Part of Solution

Real-Time Visibility A “Real-Time” World Competitive Advantage Data Synchronization Wows Responsive to Customers Functionality and Accuracy Truly Integrated Systems

Ongoing Management and Administration DASD Requirements System Backups & Recovery Appropriate Journaling Journal Receiver Retention Error Detection & Recovery Performance Analysis

DASD Requirements Disk Storage Impact Disk Arm Activity I/O Bound Systems Multiple ASPs Memory Utilization/Faulting CPU Under-Utilized

System Backups & Recovery Resulting Downtime Reasonable Protections Performance Analyze Backups Backup to Disk, Disk to Tape Multi-threaded Backups Proven Recovery Procedures

Appropriate Journaling 50 to 80 Percent Waste! Temporary Objects (Native/IFS) Application Changes Whole System versus Selective Entire Data Libraries Work Files and User Spaces

Journal Receiver Retention Reasonable Choices Analyze Before Deleting Prevent Transactions Simple Application Changes Systems Management Options Learn from History!

Error Detection & Recovery Journaling Omissions Tested Backup/Recovery Application/Data Integrity Security Breaches System Failures Proven Recovery Process

Performance Analysis Journal Transaction Analysis Application Optimization Query & SQL Tuning Disk Space Management Disk Activity Monitoring Performance Improvement!

Questions & Answers To receive FREE performance evaluation: 1.Register at 2.Download and install software on AS/400 or iSeries 3.Call (800) to schedule your free performance review session What To Expect: After performance data is gathered for two business days, you will log into a secure area of MB Software’s web site. We will then have a conference call to discuss our findings and how you can gain performance improvements with your existing applications. It’s that easy! Journal Analysis and Optimization