Introducing SQL Anywhere Studio
Replication Technologies
Sybase replication technologies
Choosing a replication technology
MobiLink is designed for replication installations with the following requirements:
Large numbers of databases MobiLink is designed to support large numbers of remote databases. It can support thousands of remote databases in a single installation.
Occasionally connected MobiLink supports databases that are occasionally connected or indirectly connected to the network on which the server is running. MobiLink scalability is limited only by the scalability of the consolidated database-management system.
Medium to high latency Latency is the lag time between data being entered at one database and being replicated to each database in the installation. Applications typically connect and synchronize at periods of minutes, hours, or days.
Low to medium volume Download information for remote sites is prepared for one remote site at a time. Large amounts of data in a MobiLink system can cause long connection times, since the remote site cannot disconnect until synchronization is complete.
Heterogeneous databases MobiLink supports many of the most popular relational-database systems for use as a consolidated database. The schema of the remote sites can be different from that of the consolidated database because you control the synchronization process by writing scripts.