Hitachi Cross-OS File Exchange Software
Hitachi Cross-OS File Exchange software delivers high performance, high reliability data sharing between heterogeneous host platforms. Cross-OS File Exchange software is ideal for data warehouses because it moves vast amounts of data quickly from mainframe to UNIX, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Windows NT environments without tying up networking resources or intermediate tape media. When used with the Hitachi Cache Residency Manager feature, it delivers lightning-fast data transfer speeds.
Features
- Uses high-speed ESCON® and Fibre Channel connections to transport data through the Hitachi enterprise storage system.
- The File Access Library provides basic application interface (API) functionality in the form of open, read/write, and close commands. You can develop your own UNIX, IBM®‚ AIX®, Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000, Sun Solaris, or HP-UX applications to read MVS™ information directly from Cross-OS File Exchange disk volume, and then process that information accordingly.
- The File Conversion Utility provides a graphical user interface (GUI)-based display of the intermediate MVS volume. From this display, you can select individual sequential datasets, and make simple modifications to the information prior to rewriting it as a simple UNIX flat file. Transformation options include converting data from EBCDIC to ASCII and padding out variable length. The UNIX flat file receiving the modified data can reside on any UNIX volume, including storage from other vendors.
Benefits
- Increases productivity by keeping local area network LAN resources available to your end-users.
- By improving exchange processes between mainframe and open systems, the threat of overstressing the network is reduced.
- File transfer speeds are amplified five to ten times. Users in multiplatform environments can now easily and rapidly access information anywhere and at any time.
- Delivers maximum flexibility for rapid, reliable data transfers, making it especially useful for data warehousing and data mining applications. Vast amounts of information can be moved quickly from mainframe to open environments for analysis without requiring access to networking resources or intermediate tape media.
