In a Mirror Activator system, character set conversions might be required if system components reside on more than one type of platform. For example, if the primary data server host does not support all of the same character sets as the Replication Server host, then character set conversion (between compatible character sets on the two platforms) is required.
Character set problems can produce data inconsistencies between the primary database and the standby database. To avoid character set problems, do one of the following:
Use the same character set on all servers and platforms in the Mirror Activator system, or
Use compatible character sets on all servers and platforms in the Mirror Activator system, and configure the Mirror Activator system components to perform the appropriate character set conversions.
Using character set conversions slows performance.
Sybase recommends that you use the same character set
on all servers and platforms in a Mirror Activator system.
