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SERVICE DEFINITION

Attunity Replicate

Attunity (UK) Limited

Lot 2 Cloud Software

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Company Overview

About Attunity

Attunity is a leading provider of data management software solutions that enable access,

management, sharing and distribution of data, including Big Data, across heterogeneous

enterprise platforms, organisations, and the cloud. Our software solutions include data

replication, data flow management, test data management, change data capture (CDC), data

connectivity, enterprise file replication (EFR), data warehouse automation, data usage analytics,

and cloud data delivery.

Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its enterprise-class customers for nearly

30 years and has successful deployments at thousands of organisations worldwide.

Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe,

and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners.

For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com

Attunity Replicate

Attunity Replicate is a market leading data replication solution the employs change data

capture to deliver real-time data replication. Attunity Replicate uses a graphical interface to

configure replication task and the solution includes full management and reporting. Attunity

Replicate supports of 40 different data sources and many more data targets, including both

on-premise and cloud environments. In most scenarios there is no requirement to install

agents on source or target.

Service Description

Attunity Replicate is high-performance data replication software that enables organisations to

accelerate and reduce the costs of distributing, sharing, and ensuring the availability of data

across a wide range of heterogeneous systems. Attunity Replicate enables organisations to

quickly create data flows and integrations into and between Cloud-based applications and

databases.

Security is a fundamental design feature woven throughout any data integration solution and

Attunity Replicate offers support for enterprise and government approved security models

including Active Directories. The solution does not store any accessible data mitigating the risk

of data breaches.

Attunity’s ability to move data accurately, securely, and quickly to where it is needed when it is

needed is the reason that Attunity Solutions are used by worldwide government departments.

Further the easy to use interface and automation means that organisation no longer have to

maintain specialist skilled resources to maintain their data replication and integration systems.

It is the performance, ease of use, flexibility and security that differentiates Attunity. Attunity is

used extensively by US healthcare providers for facilitating timely and accurate reporting that

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are now the requirement for Flagship CMS (ObamaCare) solution for 70 million US citizens

previously excluded from Federal Healthcare cover and deliver.

Attunity Replicate Server enables solutions to be scaled from a simple 2-CPU server through to

manage very large systems managing multiple Petabytes of data without significant

performance degradation. Rapid, Agile and flexible toolsets enable customers to deliver

flexible high-performance solutions, much faster, quicker & cheaper than traditional ETL

technologies, with complete security & transactional integrity built into the core database

architecture.

Attunity provide a trial version of Attunity Replicate, called Attunity Replicate Express. This can

be accessed here: http://www.attunity.com/products/attunity-replicate-express and easily

installed on your Infrastructure. Replicate Express has certain limitations but is ideal for

organisations with smaller data volumes or who want to test the software to see if it is

appropriate for their need.

For larger data volumes please refer to our pricing document.

1.1.1 Key Benefits

• Deliver timely information for BI and decision support

• Enable operational reporting without impacting production databases

• Replicate data without the need to install software on source and target databases

• Cost savings and lower total cost of ownership (TCO)

• Faster return on investment with quick time-to-value

• Single view with central control

Functional Capabilities

Attunity Replicate is a change data capture (CDC) solution for easily replicating data between

different databases. This data can come from almost any source, for example web, application

or simply imported to the source database. Change data capture systems read changes made

to a source database as they are being written and then copies these changes to the target

database. This ensures the data in the target database is up to date with the source.

Change data capture has many benefits compared to traditional approaches of replicating

data including:

• Moving less data

• No reliance on batch windows or processing

• Real time synchronisation between source and target

• Reduced load on network

• Reduced resource overhead on source and target systems

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There are a number of ways of capturing changes at the source, the 2 most common

approaches are log based CDC and trigger based CDC.

Log based CDC is where the CDC tool reads the changes being made to the source from the

transaction log of the database, without having to refer to the physical database tables.

Trigger based CDC creates a copy of every change made to a source table, copies the change

to another table in the database, which is then copied to the target database often in a batch

mode.

It is generally accepted that log based CDC is the better approach as it has less overheads and

does not require changes to the source database. Attunity Replicate.is a log based CDC

solution.

Attunity Replicate consists of a Web-based console and a replication server to replicate data

across heterogeneous data sources. These capabilities provide users with instant visibility to

current and historical exceptions, status, performance, and resource usage information.

Attunity Replicate can execute replication between enterprise databases including Oracle,

Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2. It uses a "Click-2-Replicate" design that simplifies the

replication process by automating the steps required to build a replication solution. The

Attunity Replicate software is easy to learn and to implement.

Replication is log based, which means that only the changes are read. This reduces the impact

on the source databases.

Attunity Replicate can carry out two types of replication: Full Load and Change Processing

(CDC).

Attunity Replicate’s architecture facilitates replication to and from many enterprise data

sources and targets, including distributed databases (i.e. Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and

Sybase), data warehouses (i.e. Teradata, Pivotal Greenplum and Microsoft APS), mainframe (for

example DB2, IMS and VSAM), files and Hadoop platforms over a WAN or in the cloud It is

designed to deliver quick time-to-value with its:

● Attunity TurboStream CDC and TurboStream DX (Data Transfer): These next-

generation technologies significantly improve the performance and security of high

volume data delivery in a data centre, over WAN and to the cloud - enabling quick

time to value.

● ‘Click-2-Replicate’ design: significantly simplifying user experience by automating

the steps required to build a replication solution with packaged software that is fast

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● Zero-footprint’ technology: reducing impact on IT operations with non-intrusive

design based on log-based capture and delivery of transaction data that does not

require the Attunity software to be installed on source and target databases.

Attunity Replicate is a simple but powerful solution that provides replication between various

databases. Attunity Replicate lets you do the following:

● Load data efficiently and quickly to operational data stores/warehouses.

● Create copies of production databases.

● Distribute data across databases.

Attunity Replicate has high throughput, speed, and scale. It is designed to scale and support

large-scale enterprise data replication scenarios with a multi-server, multi-task, and multi-

threaded architecture.

When you run an Attunity Replicate task, two types of replication can occur:

● Full Load: The full load process creates files or tables at the target database,

automatically defines the metadata that is required at the target, and populates the

tables with data from the source.

● Change Processing (CDC): Change processing captures changes in the source

data or metadata as they occur and applies them to the target database as

soon as possible in near-real-time.

Attunity Replicate offers a web-based and intuitive user experience that enables users to

quickly configure as well as monitor replication tasks. With its ‘Click-2- Replicate’ design,

Attunity Replicate automates the replication of database schemas, full tables (snapshot

replication), and incremental changes (using TurboStream CDC).

1.1.1.1 Scalability, Monitoring and Control

Attunity Replicate is designed to scale and support large-scale enterprise data replication

scenarios with a multi-server, multi-task, and multi-threaded architecture. But in order to

alleviate the burden of designing and managing complex data flow configurations across the

enterprise, Attunity Replicate relies on Attunity Maestro, a highly-scalable platform that

orchestrates and automates the data transmission and deployment processes of Big Data

projects.

When deployed in conjunction with the Attunity Maestro platform, Attunity Replicate alleviates

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point of control for defining, executing and monitoring data transfer and distribution tasks

throughout an organization.

This enterprise-grade platform comes packaged with a web-based monitor that enables users

to instantly view the status of replication servers and tasks using a dashboard. This dashboard

presents metrics, gauges, and alert notifications. Using a browser, users can view and manage

the system from anywhere, making it easier than ever before to control data (e.g.

start/stop/reset replication tasks). In addition, logs are produced to support enterprise

management systems. Additionally, the solution can scale to handle the replication of

hundreds and thousands of databases and tables, leveraging high-speed extract and load

technology for snapshot replication and log-based change data capture (CDC) for incremental

replication (featuring TurboStream CDC) from Attunity Replicate.

1.1.1.2 Transactional and High Volume Replication

With TurboStream CDC and Data Transfer (DX)

Attunity Replicate uses TurboStream CDC, a new and innovative change data capture (CDC)

technology that provides key optimizations for data warehousing. Using the specific data

warehouses’ native features and utilities, the technology optimizes the data delivery process

for optimal performance and agility. By replicating only the changes made to the source

database systems, the log-based CDC technology ensures efficiency and minimal impact.

Attunity’s TurboStream DX is innovative, highly secured and resilient. Its WAN transfer engine

optimizes transfer speeds when target databases are located off premises or in the cloud. Its

architecture is resilient to unpredictable events such as network outages, and includes

seamless recovery from interrupted transfers from the exact point of failure with 3-levels of

built-in security protocol.

1.1.1.3 Schema and DDL Replication

Attunity Replicate automates the generation of the target database based on the metadata

definitions of the source schema. Furthermore, it can capture changes made to the source

database schema (e.g. adding new tables or columns, changing data types) and replicate those

dynamically to the target. This simplifies and accelerates the process of handling metadata

changes to ensure the target is always in sync with the source.

Attunity Replicate is designed to work in a multitude of platform architectures. The Replicate

software can be run on cloud platforms including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure or in a

chosen hosted environment. Where Replicate is required to work with existing non-cloud

based infrastructure it can still deliver data to the cloud, either being located in the cloud or on

premise, and can be migrated between when required.

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Security

Attunity Replicate does not store data in an accessible form. Data is written to a target

database or file and security is then managed using the client’s corporate security standards.

Security roles allow you to grant Attunity Replicate users different roles according to the tasks

you want them to perform. Four predefined security roles are available*: Admin, Designer,

Operator and Viewer. Each role has its own set of permissions, which are described in Table 1

below.

Table 1 Security Role Permissions

Permission Admin Designer Operator Viewer

Monitor tasks (in Monitor

view) Yes Yes Yes Yes

Perform runtime

operations (e.g. start, stop,

reload tasks, and so on)

Yes Yes Yes No

Create and design tasks Yes Yes No No

Delete tasks Yes Yes No No

Manage databases Yes Yes No No

Edit server settings (e.g.

notifications, license

registration, global error

handling, and so on)

Yes No No No

Security roles cannot be edited nor can the permissions assigned to each of the roles be

changed. The user under whose account Attunity Replicate is installed will be associated with

the Admin role by default.

You can associate users with each of the security roles by adding the user to the appropriate

Active Directory group.

*For Replicate Express only the Admin role is available.

Full documentation on security is included in the Attunity Replicate User Manual available on

request from Attunity.

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Attunity Replicate is designed to integrate into an organisation’s existing infrastructure and DR

provision. The software can be installed as either a standalone instance or configured as a HA

cluster. Configuration files can be archived and stored away from the main production

instance for recovery and audit purposes.

On-boarding processes/scope etc.

The Attunity Replicate on-boarding program is designed to accelerate and streamline the

rollout of your Attunity Replicate implementation. Our professional services team provides a

solution delivery methodology specifically designed to improve the success of your project.

Together, we develop the best package for your environment, needs and project goals.

The on-boarding program is a fixed cost of £15,000 and is mandatory for all term license

programs which includes training and assistance with the initial setup.

For perpetual licenses we strongly recommend customers purchase training and

implementation support.

Off-boarding processes/scope etc.

There are no specific requirements for off boarding. When the license expires the software

becomes unavailable for use.

Service management details

Describe how the service is managed including

Availability of the service is primarily reliant on the customer's cloud platform.

Training

Attunity’s Training Services are set up to recognise that no two customers are identical. We

have a standard training program which starts from 1 day, generally delivered onsite, which is

then tailored to the individual requirements of our customer. We can train up to 8 people per

session.

Typically training is conducted as part of the onboarding process.

Ordering and invoicing process

Attunity will provide a quote for the services and a contract template. Customer signs contract

and schedule stating provided services and provides a purchase order. Attunity will invoice

customer and in the meantime provide software and temporary licenses. Permanent keys are

issued on payment of invoice.




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Termination terms

Customer will provide supplier notice of termination as defined in the agreements between

supplier and customer. Customer will provide verification that all software has been removed

from their environment (as appropriate). Customer will no longer be entitled to any support

or upgraded software once contract has been terminated.

The customer acknowledges that it has purchased the Services for the Minimum Period and

any Renewal Term(s), as defined in the Certificate or Order Summary.

Data processing & storage location

Attunity does not store or process customer data.

Data restoration / service migration

In the event of a service outage Attunity support team will work with customer to restore

service in accordance with the agreed SLA’s. Attunity is not responsible for restoration of the

host platform or any third party software that might affect the service.

Customer responsibilities

Customer should have appropriately trained and knowledgeable staff to be able to support

the implementation and its environment.

Technical requirements (service dependencies and detailed technical interfaces, e.g. client side

requirements, bandwidth/latency requirements etc.);

Software Requirements

This topic describes the system software required to work with Attunity Replicate. See the

following sections for more information:

● Windows Software requirements

● Linux Software Requirements

Windows Software Requirements

To install the Attunity Replicate Server and Console on a Windows computer, you must have

the following following operating systems installed on your system:

• Windows Server 2008 x64

• Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

• Windows 7 x64

• Windows 8 RTM

• Windows 8 SP1

• Windows Server 2012 RTM and SP1

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Linux Software Requirements

To install the Attunity Replicate Server and Console on a Linux computer, you must have the

following installed on your system:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64-bit version 5.4 or higher.

Additional Required Software

To use Attunity Replicate, make sure that the following is installed on the computer where you

installed Attunity Replicate:

• NET Framework 4 (you must use this and not the .NET Framework 4 client profile to get

all of the required components needed to run Attunity Replicate). If the computer with

Attunity Replicate does not have the .NET Framework 4 installed, you can download

and install it from the Microsoft site using this link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=17718

To use the Attunity Replicate Console, you must make sure that you use a supported browser.

You can use one of the following browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 and above.

• Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 and above

• Google Chrome

• Adobe Flash Player version 10.2.5 or later (for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla

Firefox)

Supported Databases

To replicate data using Attunity Replicate, you must be sure to have a supported version of the

database you are working with available. The below table lists the databases you can use with

Attunity Replicate Standard and Enterprise Editions.

Supported Sources Supported Targets

Hadoop Hadoop

Hortonworks

Cloudera

MapR

Hortonworks

Cloudera

MapR

Kafka

Linux, UNIX, Windows RDBMS on Linux, UNIX, Windows

Oracle (+ RAC, + Exadata, AWS RDS)

SQL Server

DB2

Informix

Sybase ASE

Oracle

SQL Server

DB2

Sybase ASE

Other targets using ODBC

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MySQL (+AWS RDS)

PostgresSQL

MongoDB

File

Other sources using ODBC

Mainframe

Data Warehouses (with optimized

loading)

DB2 for z/OS

IMS/DB

VSAM

Pivotal Greenplum and HD

Oracle Exadata

HP Vertica

Teradata UDA *

IBM Netezza

Sybase IQ

Microsoft APS

Actian Vector

Amazon Redshift

IBM iSeries:

DB2/400

HP NonStop

Enscribe

SQL/MP

SQL/MX

The below table lists the databases supported by Replicate Express.

Supported Sources Supported Targets

Linux, UNIX, Windows

(including Azure and AWS) Hadoop

Oracle (+ RAC, + Exadata, AWS RDS)

SQL Server

MySQL (+AWS RDS)

Hortonworks

Cloudera

MapR

RDBMS on Linux, UNIX, Windows

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Oracle

SQL Server

Browsers

To use the Attunity Replicate Console, you must make sure that you use a supported browser.

You can use one of the following browsers:

● Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 and above.

● Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 and above

● Google Chrome

● Adobe Flash Player version 10.2.5 or later (for Microsoft Internet Explorer and

Mozilla Firefox

Details of any trial service available.

Attunity Replicate Express is a free to download version of the software with limited

functionality. These limitations include:

• Maximum transfer of 250,000 per day

• Limited to single task

• Support of Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and Sybase ASE only as source

• Support for Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop and MySQL only as targets

• Not for use in production environments

Use cases / Case studies

Case studies and use cases can be found on our website at www.attunity.com

Contact details

Martin Hamilton

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