Encore Computer Systems Corp says it will enable seamless information sharing between mainframes and open systems by bundling its DataShare software with all of its storage products. Encore says DataShare, which was originally packaged separately, provides immediate access to data from mixed environments without the delay of intermediate bulk file transfers. DataShare harnesses the existing mainframe backup and recovery procedures. It presents data from open systems to the mainframe as a single set of sequential data within a single mainframe volume. Using shared data regions on Encore’s Infinity SP universal storage processor, the software provides a shared repository for open systems, network server and mainframe data. Each system views the Infinity SP as native storage, which it can access and manage in exactly the same way as any other storage native to its system. Open system data can be accessed directly by the mainframe and vice versa. DataShare is now included as part of the Infinity SP and Infinity Gateway systems. Two volumes will be set up for data sharing at no charge as part of the base system. Additional volumes are available at an extra cost.
