Gdps Family: An Introduction to Concepts and Capabilities

This IBM Redbooks publication presents an overview of the GDPS family of offeringsand the role they play in delivering a business IT resilience solution.This book begins with a discussion of general concepts of business IT resilience and disasterrecovery along with some issues related to high application availability, data integrity, andperformance. These topics are considered within the framework of government regulation,increasing application and infrastructure complexity, and the competitive and rapidly changingmodern business environment.Next, it describes the GDPS family of offerings with specific reference to how they canachieve your defined goals for disaster recover and high availability. Also covered are thefeatures that simplify and enhance data replication activities, the prerequisites forimplementing each offering, and some hints for planning for the future as well as immediatebusiness requirements. Tables provide a