We’re excited to announce that our team will be attending eGTUG 2026, the European Nonstop user group conference, taking place April 14–16, 2026, in Munich, Germany. This annual event brings together HPE Nonstop professionals, partners, and customers from around the world to share knowledge, explore new solutions, and connect with the community. If you’re planning...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Our new article explores why fast, reliable data replication is essential as enterprises adopt cloud and hybrid environments, and how Shadowbase version 6.820 builds on existing capabilities...
Version 6.820 for Other Server Software is now available. Features include:• Array-based “SET” processing enabled for all supported Other Server platforms and databases (except Solaris SPARC and HP-UX)• Bi-directional “SET” array-based processing support for Oracle environments• Optimizations for initial target database loads• Improved performance for long-distance, high-latency environments, including on-premise to cloud integrations• Digitally signed...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic recently published the article Unleash the Power of Your Trapped Data Across the Enterprise, to the Cloud, and Beyond in the September/October issue of The Connection. The piece explores how organizations can unlock th...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic recently published the article: Follow The 3-2-1-1 Rule to Protect Your Mission-Critical Data from Ransomware in the July/August issue of The Connection. Gravic describes the growing need for robust data protection....
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
In the March/April issue of The Connection, Gravic published the cover story: "My NonStop Journey with HPE Shadowbase" on improving BASE24™ performance and resilience with HPE Shadowbase software and TMF auditing. ...
Philip J. Nye writes how to enable improved performance and Disaster Recovery for BASE24 applications using standard HPE NonStop Products such as the Transaction Management Facility (TMF) and NonStop AutoTMF.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
In the January/February issue of The Connection we announced two new synchronization facilities: HPE Shadowbase Zero Data Loss and HPE Shadowbase DoLockStep Synchronization Facility. Our Development Team has been hard at wor...
We hope that you enjoy our article in the November/December Connection: How HPE Shadowbase is Helping Customers Around the World. Customers around the world improved their businesses using HPE Shadowbase solutions.
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published a use case article, Real-world Use Case: Avoid Data Corruption by Switching from Passive Replication to Automated Failover and Recovery in the January/February issue of The Connection...
The Connection, by Peter Schvarcz and Andrew Baurenschmidt
Gravic recently published the use case article, "Major UK Bank Migrates its BASE24 Application to Active/Active for Continuous Availability" in the November/December issue of The Connection....
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published the article, Ransomware Protection and Data Recovery, in the September/October issue of The Connection, based on our presentation at the recent Connect Technical Boot Camp (TBC). Threats from Malware and...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Each “Stepping Stone” (Step) of a Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM) requires acceptance before moving onto the next step. We created this infographic to illustrate how to safely cross the “migration river” by eliminating the ...
Gravic recently published the white paper, The Advantages of Transaction Protection – Avoid the Dangers of Non-audited Environments for Mission Critical Applications. Myths persist that the use of transaction management (TM) software and audited data comes at considerable cost, which outweighs the benefits. However, far from being an impediment, use of a TM and audited...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
Gravic published an article, Data Validation – a Must-have for Mission-Critical Databases, in the March/April issue of The Connection. In Business Continuity architectures, consistency between the production and backup...
The Connection, by Keith Evans
HPE Shadowbase data replication solutions provide all the capabilities necessary to keep databases replicated and synchronized across multiple systems...
Physical Tape, Virtual Tape, and the Backup Problem Since there is a growing need for an economic and efficient way to back up very large-scale databases, many companies are returning to physical tape to fill this need. An Online Backup of an Active Database via the Traditional Backup Method is summarized and discussed. However, The...
The Connection, by Paden Holenstein
Access to Data is Required 24×7. Consequently, so too are the demands placed on real-time data replication solutions. Data is needed everywhere, all the time. With time, requirements change. Solutions that met yesterday’s...
The Connection, by Paul J. Holenstein and Paden R. Holenstein
Real-time data replication products, such as HPE Shadowbase software, are well known for their ability to facilitate IT service availability (Business Continuity) by replicating...
Continuous availability of online service necessitates the minimization or elimination of planned downtime, such as for an operating system or hardware upgrade, or for installing a new application version. This requirement...
HPE Shadowbase Streams for application integration and for data integration provide the facilities for integrating existing applications, services, and/or database...
The HPE Shadowbase Online Loader (SOLV) and the HPE Shadowbase Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) Toolkit are utility products designed to perform initial database......
HPE Shadowbase Data Recovery Software products can safely restore corrupted databases with a minimum of downtime and a maximum of confidence, quickly and reliably eliminating the potential costs and risks associated with...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans
Business continuity encompasses activities that an enterprise performs to maintain timeliness, consistency, and availability of its data, operations, and services. Application availability depends upon the ability of IT...
Validate that a Source and Target Database Match HPE Shadowbase Compare software is a suite of utility products that validates a target database matches its source, and helps satisfy regulatory requirements for...
Connect Converge, by Paden Holenstein
Several customers recently approached us looking for solutions to their remote data access/connection requirements. HPE Shadowbase software uses a data...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans
Perceptions remain that the use of TMF is superfluous, costly, or has bad performance issues, as well as a lack of understanding or disregard for the data integrity protection benefits offered by TMF. Debunking these myths...
The Connection, by Paden Holenstein
This article discusses a recent trend we've seen in HPE NonStop industry: IT teams honing their focus on new features while ramping up various business continuity...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans and Paul J. Holenstein
This article/case study explains that a large European manufacturer runs its online shop floor operations on an HPE NonStop Server using an Enscribe database, and how it deployed an HPE Shadowbase data integration solution to...
Keeping up with user demand and managing a service outage or brownout is a significant challenge for IT departments. The traditional scale-up approach suffers from significant limitations and cost issues that prevent it from satisfying the ever-increasing workloads of a 24×7 online society...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans and Paul J. Holenstein
This article explains how a merchant provider gradually expanded its data replication and integration software...
The Connection, by Paul J. Holenstein and Keith B. Evans
HPE Shadowbase Streams for Data Integration uses CDC technology to stream data generated by one application...
Dr. Wilbur H. (Bill) Highleyman brings more than 40 years' experience in the design and implementation of mission-critical computer systems. Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein is President and CEO of Gravic, Inc. Paul J. Holenstein is Executive Vice President of Gravic, Inc., the makers of the Shadowbase line of data replication products.
Breaking the Availability Barrier: Volume I, "Survivable Systems for Enterprise Computing," describes the techniques that can be used today for extending the time between system failures from years to centuries, often at little or no additional cost.
Breaking the Availability Barrier: Volume II, "Achieving Century Uptimes with Active/Active Systems," covers significant issues and technologies related to active/active architectures, including availability calculations, redundant reliable networks, distributed databases, total cost of ownership, and node failures.
Breaking the Availability Barrier: Volume III, "Active/Active Systems in Practice," contains practical examples and case studies for actually building active/active systems based upon the principles covered in Volumes I and II.
The Connection, by Vuk Petrovic and Paden R. Holenstein
What comes to mind when you hear the word hacker? You most likely imagine an individual, (probably male) with...
The Connection, by Dr. Bruce Holenstein, Paul J. Holenstein, and Dr. Bill Highleyman
Computer manufacturers often stress performance and availability in their marketing literature. Yet, reliability (R), availability (A), and scalability (S) are the three pillars that support mission-critical applications...
Real-time Data Replication and Integration for a Nonstop World
Competitive advantage requires continuous access to real-time transactional data across the enterprise while avoiding the significant costs of service and data unavailability. HPE Shadowbase solutions...
The Connection, by Paden R. Holenstein
This article gives a unique perspective on the HPE NonStop community from an individual under the age of 30. Paden Holenstein reflects on his first two years of experience...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans and Paul J. Holenstein
Keeping up with user demand is a significant challenge for IT departments. The traditional scale-up approach suffers from significant limitations and cost issues that prevent...
The Connection, by Mark Pollans, HPE Sr. Worldwide Product Manager
This article is based on the excellent and informative presentation that Mr. Pollans gave at the 2017 Connect Technical Boot Camp on how to design and build...
The Connection, Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein, Paul J. Holenstein, and Dr. Bill Highleyman
Sometimes it is necessary to change or update a data replication engine. A zero downtime migration will...
Shadowbase synchronous replication (Shadowbase Zero Data Loss, or Shadowbase ZDL) resolves two key issues of asynchronous replication: data loss on source system failure and data collisions when running an active/active environment. By eliminating data loss...
The Connection, by Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein, Dr. Bill Highleyman, and Paul J. Holenstein
The third pillar of mission-critical systems is scalability; reliability and availability are the other two, creating the...
The Connection, by Keith B. Evans
Whether it be fire, power failure, software error, malfeasance, or some other cause, events occur which can lead to unplanned outages of IT services. If your...
The Connection, by Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein, Dr. Bill Highleyman, and Paul J. Holenstein
One of the three pillars of mission-critical systems is data reliability – a significant concern in datacenters...
The Connection, by Dr. Bruce D. Holenstein, Dr. Bill Highleyman, and Paul J. Holenstein
The reliability of a redundant system is optimized by minimizing the probability that both systems will fail...
This datasheet provides comprehensive introductory information about the entire HPE Shadowbase Total Replication Solutions product suite. Gravic, Inc. is a world leader in providing innovative data collection, transformation, and distribution solutions for business continuity and...
The Connection, by Paul J. Holenstein
In this article, we look at several technologies that interact to extract valuable business information from “the noise” of big data. Big data offers the opportunity for businesses to obtain real-time business intelligence that they could...
In this white paper, we discuss cloud integration, hybrid cloud architectures and the role that HPE Shadowbase replication solutions can play in hybrid cloud computing for critical applications, showing how they can lower your IT costs, improve fault tolerance of your applications, and increase flexibility. With the advent of cloud computing...
A big data analytics system typically requires a large network of tens, hundreds, or even thousands of heterogeneous, purpose-built servers, each performing its own portion of the task. All of these systems must intercommunicate with each other in real-time, and integrate with...
HPE Shadowbase Total Replication Solutions for Other Servers is a highly efficient, extremely flexible, robust replication solution based on Gravic’s patented data replication and integration technology, and more than 40 years of experience designing and developing low-latency real-time...
Business continuity encompasses those activities that an enterprise performs to maintain consistency and recoverability of its operations and services. The availability of application services provided by an enterprise’s IT infrastructure is only one of many facets of...
An HPE Shadowbase active/active system architecture provides disaster tolerance by maintaining a network of independent processing nodes, each having access to a common replicated database. This architecture eliminates the uncertainty and cost that exists with an active/backup...
Extended outages happen, and when they do, the cost to your business can be severe. You are at risk if you: have no business continuity plans, are using tape or virtual tape backup for disaster recovery, or have an active/passive disaster recovery plan, which may encounter failover faults...
For over 40 years, Gravic has lead the industry with HPE Shadowbase Total Replication Solutions for HPE NonStop, providing data replication and data integration solutions for this mission-critical community. The HPE Shadowbase product suite provides the means to meet today’s...
The speed of today’s processing systems has moved classical data warehousing into the realm of real-time. The result is real-time business intelligence (RTBI), also known as real-time data insight and business insight. Business transactions are fed as they occur to an RTBI system...
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