Given how many business processes rely on immediate access to accurate data, it’s no surprise that data replication solutions are a hot topic in the business world.
Data replication serves numerous functions. It creates disaster recovery backups, makes data accessible to various business entities that may need to access it, and many other functions. And while replication is essential for many companies, we’ve seen them deploy solutions with the best of intentions only to struggle with the ongoing challenges of data consistency and quality.
Data Variance Means Complexity
Most companies are obligated to make data available, accessible, and up-to-date for the various entities that need to access it.
Naturally, this presents a host of challenges and logistic issues. For every business group that needs data access, there will be new reporting requirements and user access controls to accommodate. Each entity adds another level of complexity and risk to the equation, as most have diverse reporting requirements that must be maintained on their own terms.
Custom developments can address these reporting needs, but in most cases, these developments are time-consuming and costly—possible, but not ideal. A better approach is to leverage tool-based solutions to support these requirements. When deployed correctly, an archiving and replication tool can address each of these challenges in turn and not require any custom developments or complicated workarounds.
The Advantages of Tool-Based Approaches for Replication
The right tool-based approach to replication can subvert any challenge related to data consistency or quality management. The right tool will incorporate transformation logic to support any range of diverse reporting requirements. And it will allow users to configure data sync frequencies by table, define data conversion logic, and use keys to prevent duplication.
This type of solution lets users support multiple groups without any need for custom development work. There’s so much flexibility with tool-based approaches across drag-and-drop options, checkboxes, and other controls that users will have no problem keeping data up-to-date and uniform.
In fact, smart data replication and archiving tools like these can save up to 85% of effort for users compared to legacy solutions. In turn, these tools deliver fully functional replication and archiving.
With these tools, it’s simple to define the exact tables you want to replicate and use queries to control which records to extract including attachments, audit logs, journal entries, and more. From there, the tool validates, confirms, and transfers data to the preferred target data location, whether it’s a warehouse, data lake, or on-premise solution.
Total Consistency Across Replication Tasks
The question of data reliability is an understandable concern for businesses, but tool-based approaches for replication and archiving management offer a better solution. With tools like ours at Precision Bridge, it’s easier than ever to auto-generate replicated tables within your chosen database, all without manual effort from a database administrator.
For companies seeking a way to get a handle on their backup and replication schedules, there’s nothing better. If you’d like to explore new solutions for replication, contact us at Precision Bridge. We’ll examine these solutions together and offer some innovative new strategies to deploy replication solutions that reduce the size and improve the efficiency of your production instance.
