MIMIX [EOL] Reviews

Stability of replication and its audit feature. If systems and communications remain at a good level without problems, no problems will occur in MIMIX.

About 10 years ago, a large Portuguese bank successfully merged banking systems that were used in other countries because of the MIMIX replication solution.

Switch procedures are not as easy and straightforward as it may seem at first glance. The product needs a virtual switch and better programs to improve simplicity in the switch procedures.

I have been certified in MIMIX since 2000, with V4.1, so I use it for internal testing, self education, support and the development of associated tools.

With older versions there were some issues, but with this version (8.1) even with complex sensitive software applications such as SQL collections, stability is very good.

No, from the simplest to the most complex environments, and with millions of transactions, MIMIX can adapt to any environment. Normally the adjustment is related to systems hardware and software.

The technical support is at a very high level, and reachable 24 hours a day.

I work with customers who had Vision Solutions OMS/ODS and switched to MIMIX because it has more advanced features such as easy monitoring and administration. They had more confidence in it.

Basic initial setup is very simple and, almost always, any problems are related to systems problems and/or communications.

It depends on which version of MIMIX is most suitable for your production systems, and according to the needs and expectations of the business.

While working with MIMIX for many years, I know the evolution of this product and have checked others and they are steps behind.

If you want to deploy this product, do not use only simple replication. Take advantage of all the features that this product offers. Test the Role Swap (Virtual and Real) regularly, to ensure that the alternate system can take place from the production system at any time.

Data replication functionality, with which it is very easy to achieve the most strict HA requirements and ensure business continuity. It is a very reliable product.

Keeping production and backup machines in synch, switching from production to backup within minutes without any data loss.

The MQSeries replication part doesn't work smoothly, sometimes requiring more manual activity to ensure synch between live and backup.

Ten years.

Not really, it works without any serious problems.

No, it can be tuned easily.

It is very professional, helpful, and experienced.

No, I used only MIMIX. I have no experience with other replication software.

It could be a very complex task. You have to very much know the nature of the data and system you want to replicate. During the initial phase I requested the help of support. Our replication environment was very complex (i.e. intra replication, automatic switch over procedure, etc.) so the initial setup took at least two weeks. It should be much less in case of a simpler environment.

It isn't a cheap product, but if you need a reliable HA solution and data protection is important to you, then MIMIX is your product, it worth every penny.

In our region, only two similar products were available for business then. I tested and compared them and MIMIX was the winner. Since than I haven't done a similar investigation.

I can recommend it to all shops using iSeries for which data availability is important, and looking for an HA solution. This is a really good product. Easy to use, easy to manage, and easy to configure. You can sleep without fear every night if MIMIX takes care of your data replication.

The ease of switching is valuable.

Provides high degree of comfort regarding High Availability (HA).

The systems overheads need improvement.

I've used it for 12 years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

9/10.

10/10.

I didn't use anything prior to MIMIX.

• iTerra
• OMS

It's a good, stable product.

MIMIX provides local and remote data replication for us, up to the minute. Knowing that our data is in multiple backup locations, provides us with piece of mind as far as a disaster recovery situation is concerned.

Because we have our production data replicated to a local LPAR, we can perform nightly backups of our production system without taking our production system offline to do them. Also, for system upgrades (software or hardware), we can perform role swaps to our backup systems, and run our processes off of the backup system. Doing this can virtually eliminate all down time associated with the upgrades.

None that I have encountered.

I've been using the Professional version for seven years.

I have not had any issues Visions Solutions could not resolve.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Good. No concerns/issues.

Excellent. Of the support personnel that I have dealt with, they are top notch in their field both in knowledge and dedication to getting the problem resolved. I have called support both during business hours and outside them, and have received great support at all times. Their online client portal is very easy and intuitive to use, and they provide many resources to give the user the ability to resolve the problem and learn for themselves.

No packaged software. Lots of work-arounds, and piecing things together to try and replicate the same type of solution, but it felt quite inadequate.

I was not originally involved with the initial deployment of the product, but am involved with any new enhancements.

Vision Solutions did most of the implementation for us.

Look at the price and what it will do for you compared to other products. There might be other products that do a similar thing, but what type of technology are they relying on? Is it efficient and here to stay? Get testimonials from others.

We primarily use the solution for backup replication.

The most valuable feature is data replication.

Everything about the solution is very simple, which makes it easy to use.

The solution could use better dashboards for new users. They can look complicated until you get used to using the solution.

The solution is stable.

The solution is very scalable.

Technical support has been good.

I did not previously use another solution.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's very easy to implement. Deployment took about one hour. You only need one person for deployment and maintenance, so long as that person has a good administrative and operational background.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I would recommend this product. The replication portion of the solution is perfect.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

• Provides two servers
• Easy
• Fast
• Robust

It's used in our new architecture, for production, HA/DR and it works with different data groups.

I used it for one year, before I was using ITHERA.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

8/10.

8/10.

Before we were using ITHERA. We switched because we had problems with the stability and had not found the right level of technical support.

From watching the consultant, it looked easy.

It was done by a consultant.

No other options were evaluated.

The built-in remote journaling and the comparison tools.

We used it solely for IBM AS400 replication for disaster recovery/failover purposes.

Could make it easier to fix object errors.

Six to seven years.

Nothing out of what we expected for object replication.

No, fairly easy to add data groups and/or files to the intended replication group.

A nine out of 10.

At a previous installation, we used external storage for the AS/400 and did a complete hardware disaster recovery, which was a great DR strategy but provided very little HA.

Can seem complex for new product users.

Just tell them you're looking at a hardware-based DR solution and they should come back with a lower cost.

No.

Make sure you have at least two people learn it inside and out, so replication and object errors, when they occur, can be managed.