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IBM Lift

Score9.7 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM Lift?

IBM Lift is a tool provided to migrate on-premise databases to IBM Cloud.

Categories & Use Cases

Consolidate and Migrate Data from Multiple Data Sources Rapidly with IBM Lift

Pros

  • Running analytics on data such as transactional data store to generate reports that allow us to better configure customer behavior.
  • IBM Lift has a backup database that backup local database in catalog storage access.
  • Cloud mass data migration from multiple on-premises repositories to one integrated IBM Db2 Warehouse solution.

Cons

  • Even though it can be hectic to migrate data into the cloud with IBM Lift, the support team is free and highly knowledgeable. Also, IBM Lift is well documented in detail explaining all methods to migrate data easily.

Most Important Features

  • Encryption for data in motion: with 256-bit encrypted connection on IBM Lift, it makes it easy to secure data being migrated from on-premises applications.
  • High-speed data migration: Availability of WAN enhanced by IBM Aspera enhances the rapid movement of data from on-premises into the cloud.
  • Rapid data recovery: This feature ensures that we automatically fix or recover from the common catastrophes that we may encounter during data migration.

Return on Investment

  • IBM Lift being encrypted under 256-bit ensures that we safeguard data right from migration to the cloud.
  • Additionally, we save a lot since it is free to migrate data and we don’t incur any extra or additional fees to perform any data migration after paying for a subscription fee.
  • Automatic data recovery from common problems ensures that we don’t lose even mild data while migrating into the cloud.

Alternatives Considered

AWS Database Migration Service

Other Software Used

Verizon Disaster Recovery as a Service, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Automation Anywhere

Free high-speed data mover

Pros

  • It extracts data from DB2 at vert fast speed
  • It can resume from last left off
  • The CLI is very easy to use

Cons

  • Needs better documentation for CLI

Most Important Features

  • data extraction with defined conditions
  • high speed
  • free CLI

Return on Investment

  • It saved us weeks of development time
  • Without Lift, we may not be able to handle several billions of records data every day
  • It can easily transferred to another person to maintain

Other Software Used

Dynatrace, Akamai, Amazon CloudWatch