Professional database archiving and retirement of legacy systems

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1 Professional database archiving and retirement of legacy systems

2 Add database archiving and application retirement to your conventional document and data archiving Inactive data in databases: a cost and performance trap Numerous studies have shown that more than 80% of data in databases is inactive. This data is rarely changed and does not need high-available access. The consequences: Deterioration of performance of your systems Increase of administrative effort Rising storage costs Investments in ever more powerful hardware With our database archiving solution CHRONOS you can relieve and optimize your databases CHRONOS outsources inactive data from your database systems and archives it. This shrinks your productive databases and considerably improves their performance. Information is stored revision-proof and in a compressed form and will still be available in decades time. Even the complete basic data pool of an application can be compressed and archived using Application Retirement. User-defined forms provide for access to the archived applications for the department even after shutdown. This enables you to thus completely shut down old applications. The archiving strategy of a company should include database archiving and application retirement on top of conventional document and data archiving. Easily follow compliance rules and meet legal regulations With the help of CHRONOS, you not only meet internal compliance requirements but also comply with legal provisions and regulations. Shut down legacy systems despite legal regulations Legal requirements are the reason why you have not deactivated your old databases yet? You still need your old systems only for research? To maintain old applications for these reasons almost always means producing unnecessarily high costs. With our software CHRONOS, you can safely shut down your legacy systems and still have access to your data. The life cycle of an application is between 3 and 10 years. Corporate data, however, often has to be stored for up to 30 years due to legal reasons. If old systems are not deactivated e.g. in case of mergers or bankruptcies unnecessary costs arise. Inactive data is often migrated to new databases. These migrations are often complicated, since there is little knowledge about the data constellation of the legacy systems. It is also hard to find experts who are able to perform maintenance and support for older technologies and old applications. Our database archiving solution CHRONOS is the ideal package for the retirement of your old systems. With our CHRONOS module FlatFile, we have developed a simple solution that can handle even problematic data that can only be made available in CSV files. This module reads CSV files or flat files and then archives them revision-proof. Together with you we calculate the saving potential your company can achieve by retiring old applications we introduce your specialist departments to the retirement process of old systems we create and efficiently implement concepts for the retirement of your legacy systems Our experts will gladly advise you; please contact us!

3 Architecture Specialist units / users CHRONOS Archive Explorer Application CHRONOS Archive Explorer is a web application used in an application server (e.g. GlassFish, Tomcat). CHRONOS Archive Explorer shows you data from the archive via reports. To operate CHRONOS Archive Explorer, a web browser (MS Internet Explorer, minimum version 9) is necessary. Researches Download of available documents Design of archive searches Provision of documents Mapping of archive / business objects Archive configuration Ad-hoc queries Monitoring User administration Storage systems Specialist technical contact persons Archive administrator CHRONOS Web Designer CHRONOS Web Designer is also a native Java application and used to design the archive searches for CHRONOS Archive Explorer. It also supports the connection and provision of documents for the web interface and the mapping of archive configurations to the business objects which are to be displayed in CHRONOS Archive Explorer. CHRONOS Admin Suite CHRONOS Admin Suite is a native Java application installed and being run on the desktop computers of the person responsible for the archive. The client is used to administrate the archive configuration, ad-hoc queries, monitoring and user administration.

4 Your benefits at a glance BETTER PERFORMANCE You relieve your databases by automatically archiving old or inactive data and therefore improve your database performance. Our archiving solution CHRONOS offers, among others, the following features: SIMPLE RESEARCH Features Details Your archived data is available anytime. By making a simple SQL query or defining predetermined reports, CHRONOS will quickly bring your data to your fingertips again. Research is possible without knowledge of SQL thanks to user-defined forms. Search Engine (SQL-92) CHRONOS Archive Explorer CHRONOS JDBC driver IDEA export FlatFile Indexing (Re) Import User administration notification Update Delete Queries via SQL-92 standard on the archived data Finding archived information possible without any SQL knowledge by use of full-text search and forms search Search results can either be shown directly on the client or consistently imported into any database The CHRONOS web interface offers the following options: User-defined forms for archive data searches Queries and archived databases may be furnished with additional documentation Creation of reports and export of search results Archive data access via a Java application with a type-4 driver with standard implementation Export of archive data in IDEA format for auditors Archiving of CSV data Indexing via the archives Indexing possible for the entire archive as well as directly in columns Excludes non-relevant data during archive searches based on search query Efficient and higher-performance searches over longer time periods and large archive databases Import of archived data back to a database Review of the database scheme of the import database to prevent errors and make any corrections if necessary Integrated user administration with a comprehensive authorization concept Sending s regarding the job status after termination of archiving sessions Monitoring possibility for jobs that need to be done every day Option for marking or deleting archived data from database Dynamically combinable configuration options SECURITY CHRONOS independently recognizes new scheme versions after alterations in the database scheme, e.g. in tables, columns or structure relations, and thus enables a revision-proof storage of data and makes sure that you meet compliance requirements at the same time. Evaluating archived data is possible on a long-term basis thanks to an open archive format. Encryption and the separation of archives and databases make for a high level of security. SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE Application components written in Java enable the universal usage of CHRONOS on any platform. CHRONOS reliably supports all common database versions and systems (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL Server) and can even archive mainframe databases without any problems (e.g. DB2). REDUCING COSTS AND SAVING TIME With CHRONOS, you require up to 90% less memory space for backup storage. Moreover, you will not constantly need new and more efficient hardware to store your old data. You thus achieve considerably lower costs for the operation of your databases and you reduce your recovery times. Did you already know......our solutions for process and tool testing, process data management and worker guidance? And our consulting services, webinars and training programs for all aspects of our software? Our specialists will gladly advise you! Contact us at info@csp-sw.de or by calling / or visit us at

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