MIMIX [EOL] Reviews and Pricing

Sr. System Mngt Engineer - System Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 5, 2015

OS version compatibility needs work, but with its ability to switch system availability, we were able to perform major system maintenance on our production system.

What is most valuable?

It has the ability to switch or role swap for system availability.

How has it helped my organization?

We were able to perform major system maintenance on our production system after performing a switch or production role swap.

What needs improvement?

OS version compatibility needs work.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for three and a half years.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

We're satisfied with it.

Technical Support:

We're satisfied with it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used a different replication solution in my previous company - IBM Global Mirroring - but not with my current company. They didn't have a solution prior to MIMIX and therefore have never switched to another product.

What was our ROI?

I believe ROI is above par.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you can consolidate your systems into one, it will save you a lot of money in licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Make sure you have at least two or three in-house engineers for MIMIX as the skills required are hard to find.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user277023

Sr. Technical Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Jul 22, 2015

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Remote journaling allows us to put the load on the target system as opposed to the source, but it lacks prosing support for multiple journals per data group.

What is most valuable?

The remote journaling and audit functions.

How has it helped my organization?

By implementing remote journals, we have put the load on the target system as opposed to the source.

What needs improvement?

Prosing support for multiple journals per data group would be nice.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it on and off for 18 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issue encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issue encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issue encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer support is good but they do try to squeeze out those service dollars.

Technical Support:

They know their products well.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've used DataMirror but it was sold to IBM and we got a better deal from Vision.

How was the initial setup?

We have a complex environment, so it depends on your particular environment which will be custom based on your business, typically.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Negotiate hard.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

IASP and hardware based solutions but the business would not go for the spend.

What other advice do I have?

Make sure you have a good understanding of your environment and how replication can affect it.

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it_user280938

Systems iSeries & HA administrator at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 24, 2017

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Its failover capabilities and ability to have no system downtime are valuable to us, but replication errors need to be resolved.

What is most valuable?

Failover capabilities is valuable.

How has it helped my organization?

No system downtime
High Availability (HA)

What needs improvement?

Replication errors need to be resolved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it since 2005.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's fine.

Technical Support:

It's professional.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution used.

How was the initial setup?

It was quite easy.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it in-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No other options evaluated.

What other advice do I have?

Buy the product, then roll it out as well.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user286848

Independent IT Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 9, 2015

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The version we're using is not portal ready, but it has helped us save on manpower and cut down on process time.

What is most valuable?

It can automate back-end data processes.

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped us cut down process time and manpower.

What needs improvement?

The version we're using is not portal ready.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for about two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

It was already set up when I joined.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has many service packs to fix issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It seems to be scalable in the newer versions.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's above average.

Technical Support:

It's above average.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used it in conjunction with help systems and Connect:Direct.

What about the implementation team?

It was implemented in-house.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user91542

Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Feb 20, 2014

Are you using iCluster and considering moving back to MIMIX?

IBM aquired Datamirror some years ago, then in 2012 IBM sold the ex-Datamiror product portfolio (iCluster) to RocketSoftware.

As far as logical replication HA solutions are concerned my impression is that the leader is Vision Solutions (who aquired Lakeview Solutions some years ago) with MIMIX both in terms of market share and in terms of solution and support quality, and in terms of being a visionary for logical replication HA solutions.

Our HA consultants have had experience both with iCluster and MIMIX products and their input thus far suggests that while iCluster is a fairly good HA choice, MIMIX Availability product line is superior when it comes to ease of use, functionality, reliability, customer support and consultant network. We have quite a few customers using MIMIX running heavy transaction workloads, and switchover time is no more than a couple of minutes. We also have customers with iCluster, but they are now thinking of returning to MIMIX.

There are of course other, hardware-based (and OS/400-based) HA solutions for iSeries (e.g. PowerHA SystemMirror) that are definitely worth considering, since over the years these hardware-based solutions have become more and more enhanced. Hardware-based HA solutions can be configured and managed somewhat simpler than logical HA replication solutions, but these may lack useful features logical replications do have (e.g. selective data replication).

Your best HA choice basically depends on multiple factors such as your current operations environment (amount of data to be replicated / change rate, distance and bandwidth between backup and production site), your existing hardware infrastructure (e.g. do you already have some kind of external storage?), existing skills of your staff and your Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.