BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS vs SAP Replication Server comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS and SAP Replication Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management.
To learn more, read our detailed Database Development and Management Report (Updated: April 2024).
768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"I have worked with DB2's great features in the last five years. The IDAA feature transformed the vision of warehousing, business analytics, and big data at my bank. Besides the mainframe, I saw that this solution was evolutionary. It gives real-time information.""BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it."

More BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS Pros →

"It speeds up the performance in terms of how fast you are able to access the data, look at it, get it reported to you, and send it to somebody. It also reduces the amount of storage.""SAP Replication Server is an application that I consider to be a robust system. It has proven to be highly reliable in my experience.""We can customize any workflow and we also like the business domain modeling that can be done.""SAP is renovating different things. We are using external tools to connect as of now. It is going well, and now the new generation integration platforms are going to be pretty easy."

More SAP Replication Server Pros →

Cons
"One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution.""DB2 is a hard tool to grasp. It's hard for users to learn how to use it. It's not easy to see how it works."

More BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS Cons →

"The private solution is expensive. If you're in a situation where you're paying IBM or AWS or somebody just to host you specifically, you're paying people to run it and you're taking care of all the upgrades.""I would like to see it become mobile-friendly.""Improvement is a never ending story, and HANA is doing some improvements. We are able to adopt that, and we have to do it by integration with HANA. They are very major changes that we need to see.""There is room for improvement in terms of pricing and faster support."

More SAP Replication Server Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
Information Not Available
  • "It's a very expensive solution."
  • "You can pick one of the hosted cloud services as opposed to owning it and doing it yourself. Your cost of ownership on the hardware, the data storage, and the maintenance all go down. It depends on what service you use."
  • More SAP Replication Server Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Database Development and Management solutions are best for your needs.
    768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it.
    Top Answer:One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution. As someone involved in managing infrastructure, understanding… more »
    Top Answer:From my perspective as an infrastructure guy, the most valuable aspect of BMC's data management solutions was their ability to optimize CPU cycles, improving IMS performance without directly impacting… more »
    Top Answer:SAP Replication Server is an application that I consider to be a robust system. It has proven to be highly reliable in my experience.
    Top Answer:The reason why there has been a move toward cloud services and service as a software is because it's so much easier. There are fewer databases, and the cost is lower to have it hosted. You can pick… more »
    Top Answer:The price could be cheaper. There is room for improvement in terms of pricing and faster support.
    Ranking
    Views
    168
    Comparisons
    155
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    433
    Rating
    8.0
    Views
    245
    Comparisons
    217
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    659
    Rating
    9.5
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS, Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS
    Sybase Replication Server
    Learn More
    Overview

    Transform the management of your DB2 databases to meet the scale and complexity of digital business

    • Run DB2 utilities with BMC Next Generation Technology to optimize your data and improve application performance
    • Eliminate downtime and increase availability of business services
    • Ensure the integrity of structured and unstructured data
    • Take control with intelligent automation and policy-driven rules
    • Bridge the gap from green-screen to modern, secure, self-service user interfaces
    • Move to DB2 12 and beyond with confidence

    Information and data-driven insight is what powers business today. But to get the most from your enterprise data, you need a way to bring transactional, streaming, social media, and other data together – regardless of its format and whether it’s structured or unstructured – and be able to analyze it. The challenge is moving, replicating, and centralizing a wide variety of data efficiently, cost-effectively, and quickly enough to meet business demands for active insight. SAP® Replication Server® can help. SAP Replication Server enables the continuous movement of mission-critical application data.

    Sample Customers
    Airline Tariff Publishing Co (ATPCO), AtTask, MetaScale
    Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Insurance Company13%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Database Development and Management
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle, Quest Software, SolarWinds and others in Database Development and Management. Updated: April 2024.
    768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is ranked 21st in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews while SAP Replication Server is ranked 14th in Database Development and Management with 6 reviews. BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is rated 8.6, while SAP Replication Server is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS writes "Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP Replication Server writes "Eliminates replication and allows you to use only one database, speeding up performance and reducing amount of storage". BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate and IBM App Connect, whereas SAP Replication Server is most compared with Qlik Replicate, Oracle GoldenGate, Fivetran, Azure Data Factory and SSIS.

    See our list of best Database Development and Management vendors.

    We monitor all Database Development and Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.