This service is designed to deliver a two-site, automated disaster recovery and backup solution at virtually any distance for z/OS and open systems environments
GDPS/Global Mirror can help to provide a two-site automated disaster recovery and backup solution at virtually any distance, for the z/OS and open systems environments by mirroring critical data between primary and recovery sites.
Highlights
An end-to-end business continuity and recovery solution: Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is designed to be as low as five seconds; Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is designed to be under two hours
Automation of z/OS systems restart in the recovery site, which can be located at virtually any distance from the primary site, in the event of an outage at the primary site
A single data consistency point between zSeries/z9 systems and open systems data
Management of consistency groups is provided by IBM TotalStorage Global Mirror copy technology
Data consistency is maintained at the recovery site across all supported platforms using the proven IBM TotalStorage Global Mirror copy technology. GDPS helps provide automation technologies, which are designed to manage the mirroring environment, monitor the mirroring configuration and automate management and recovery tasks. This can provide the ability to synchronize IBM zSeries/z9® systems and open systems data to the same point in time at the recovery site.
