Data replication targets

Infor Landmark Technology supports several choices of where to send replicated data:

  • Data Lake - Send replicated data to the Infor Data Lake for analytic, auditing, or other purposes. The preferred method for this replication is the Data Lake destination data option. This option uses batch ingestion via the Data Fabric Ingestion Services that are part of the Data Fabric application of Infor OS. By direct ingestion of data objects into Data Lake, batch ingestion achieves greater throughput and near real-time replication by eliminating several steps required by the transport of data by IMS.

    The Data Lake batch ingestion requires no prior configuration or setup. You can verify that it is ready for use by checking that the Data Lake Batch Ingestion ION component in the Async Administrator has a status of "healthy." The BatchSweep action that runs in the Async DataLakeBatchIngestion queue processes the documents that need to be sent to Data Lake. Once processed, they are removed from the DataLakeQueue holding table. You can monitor them on the DataLakeQueue holding table on the Data Lake Queue tab of an individual replication set.

    Note: The Data Lake batch ingestion feature is not available in Infor Government Solutions (IGS).
  • IMS - Send replicated data via the Infor Messaging Service (IMS) to the Infor Data Lake. This replication target requires setting up ION data flow definitions and several configuration parameters. See Configuring data replication to the Infor Data Lake via IMS.
  • FTP - Send replicated data to an FTP directory. This requires setting several configuration parameters so that FTP is recognized as a valid replication destination and setting up users so they are associated with the FTP service and have the needed security access. See Configuring data replication to an FTP directory and Setting up users for the service for FTP data replication.
  • Local - Send replicated data to another data area within the same environment as the data area from which you are replicating data.