Direct support for AS/400 hosted data
A critical element of the Arbutus solution is having the data processing technology reside on the same platform as the source data. Organizations with AS/400 platforms can run the Arbutus AS/400 Server. The server communicates directly with the Arbutus Windows clients to provide access to AS/400 data. Having the Arbutus Server application running natively in the AS/400 environment enables the direct, real-time access to AS/400 data sources, including:

• DB2
• IFS files
• Flat Files
• Spool Files

Key features:

• Communication directly to the server via TCP/IP, allowing remote access in distributed environments
• Data can be freely combined with other AS/400 or mainframe server data
• No intermediate or staging servers are required, although they are supported for workload balancing
• Small footprint, requiring less than 5MB, exclusive of temporary data files
• All connectivity can be totally transparent to Windows users who access AS/400 based data
• All processing is handled by the server, for maximum performance
• Host system native keys are used whenever available for query optimization
• Data transmission delays are minimized, as only the columns and rows required are downloaded
• Data transmission speeds are further improved through the use of compression
• Data transmission over public lines can be secured by encryption
• Common AS/400 native file types are supported
• Direct access to DB2 is supported, and this data can be combined with disparate sources
• Common native field types are supported, including Packed, Zoned, Binary and Float