DI Suite includes components that help to implement key data integration techniques, including data federation, replication, real-time events, data search, and ETL, with integrated tools for development and administration.
DI Suite includes these components:
Sybase Replication
Sybase Search
Sybase Data Federation
Sybase Real-Time Events
Sybase ETL
Sybase also offers these tools for administration and development:
Sybase Data Services Administrator, which is included with DI Suite.
Sybase WorkSpace, which is packaged separately from DI Suite.
The Sybase Replication component replicates transactional data and synchronizes operational data across heterogeneous databases in your enterprise.
It includes these subcomponents, which you can install using DI Suite installer:
Replication Server – enables distribution and synchronization of operational data.
Replication Agents – captures transactions and transfers them to Replication Server.
DirectConnect – enables access to heterogeneous data sources, as well as mainframe data sources.
Mainframe options Sybase Replication supports replication of transactional data from a mainframe-based DB2 server. This support is available as add-on options, which you can purchase separately:
Sybase Replication Agent for DB2 UDB for OS/390 – supports replication of transactional data from DB2 UDB running on a mainframe system to target databases.
Mainframe Connect™ with DirectConnect for z/OS – supports replication of data to a mainframe system. This option enables client applications and Replication Server to access data stored in mainframe database management systems (DBMSs), file systems, and applications. In addition, Mainframe Connect allows you to create custom mainframe applications that provide access to data stored on mainframe-based DB2 servers.
Sybase Replication includes basic, simple-to-configure
support for replicating to mainframe DB2 through DirectConnect.
The Mainframe Connect option is an alternative that provides enhanced
performance and functionality while replicating to mainframe DB2.
You must purchase the Mainframe Connect option separately.
The Sybase Search component provides advanced data services for querying, locating, and analyzing your enterprise data.
It includes these subcomponents, which you can install using the DI Suite installer:
Hub Container – includes a central Search server module (hub) that coordinates other Search server modules. This hub contains the central query module that is the main access point for the entire Sybase Search system.
Satellite Container – includes modules required to distribute the indexing and search modules.
Web Administration – includes the JSP/Servlet container used for Search server administration.
Sybase Search Content Adapter option Sybase Search uses the Sybase Search Content Adapter, which is an add-on option you can purchase separately, to perform searches across proprietary document formats such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents. The base Sybase Search performs searches across simple, and non proprietary formats such as plain text files, databases, and HTML Web pages.
The Sybase Data Federation component streamlines integration of data from many distributed sources while providing access to integrated views of your enterprise data.
It includes these subcomponents, which you can install using DI Suite installer:
Grid Server – hosts the data catalog, provides authorization services for clients that request data access, and runs data services and database operations.
Data Grid Access Server – provides high-performance caching and makes data catalogs and their contents available to Network File System (NFS) and Common Internet File System (CIFS) clients in a secure fashion.
Share Server – responsible for file I/O and making data stored in local file systems visible in the data catalog.
Firewall Proxy Server – makes federated data accessible across firewalls.
Command-Line Client – enables you to perform all data federation and administration tasks using the command line interface.
The Sybase Real-Time Events component captures and moves time-critical events from your heterogeneous data sources to business applications through a messaging infrastructure.
There are two Real-Time Events subcomponents, which you can install using DI Suite installer:
RepConnector – capture events nonintrusively from a database such as Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) or Oracle, and deliver these events to any standard messaging infrastructure such as WebSphere MQ, BEA WebLogic JMS, and TIBCO EMS. Real-time messaging through RepConnector is achieved using the RepConnector Server, Replication Server, and Replication Agents subcomponents.
ASE Active Messaging – capture events from the ASE database and publish directly to any standard messaging infrastructure such as WebSphere MQ, TIBCO EMS, and Sybase EAServer JMS. ASE Active Messaging is easy to configure, and provides high performance and enhanced transactional messaging support for ASE databases.
An integrated set of common services is installed with the Sybase Real-Time Events component, which are used internally by its components. These services include an application server, service container, messaging system, global catalog, and security infrastructure. For more information on these common services, see the Data Integration Common Services online topics on your SyBooks CD for Real-Time Events component.
Sybase ETL extracts data from multiple, heterogeneous data sources and loads it into one or more data targets using a comprehensive set of transformation functions.
Sybase ETL includes these subcomponents available for installation:
ETL Server – a scalable and distributed grid engine, which connects to data sources, and extracts and loads data to data targets using transformation flows designed using ETL Development. Install ETL Server using the DI Suite installer.
ETL Development – graphical user interface (GUI) tools for ETL development and deployment for use with ETL Server. These tools provide a complete simulation and debugging environment to speed the development of ETL transformation flows.
ETL Development is packaged separately from DI Suite. Use the installer provided with ETL Development to install this subcomponent.
ETL Development is available only on Windows.
Sybase Data Services Administrator (DSA) is the centralized management console for the administration of DI Suite components. It provides administration capabilities through its plug-in to the Sybase Central™ framework. DI Suite components are administered in DSA with GUI-based servers or server managers that are accessible via Web consoles and Sybase Central plug-ins.
DSA is available for installation with every DI Suite component except Sybase ETL. To manage and administer the ETL component, use ETL Development, rather than DSA. For more information about ETL Development tools, view the product manuals on the SyBooks CD for Sybase ETL.
Sybase WorkSpace provides development capabilities for the Sybase Data Federation, Sybase Replication, and Sybase Real-Time Events components of DI Suite.
Sybase WorkSpace is packaged separately from DI Suite. Use the installer provided with Sybase WorkSpace to install this development tool for DI Suite.
Sybase WorkSpace
is available on Windows only.
For more information about DI Suite and how to use the various components for your data integration needs, see the Sybase Data Integration Suite Overview Guide.
