Speed up, protect and efficiently manage MySQL and MariaDB!
MySQL and MariaDB are among the world’s most widely used relational databases. However, as data volumes grow, so too do the demands on performance, data protection and data quality. Time-consuming loading processes, complex queries, data migrations or the provision of secure test data can place a heavy load on database servers and delay IT projects.
IRI’s solutions help organisations process MySQL and MariaDB databases more quickly, protect sensitive information and efficiently automate recurring database operations.
Offload the database and speed up processing:
Many data-intensive tasks do not need to be carried out directly within the database. With IRI FACT, large MySQL tables can be quickly offloaded into flat files. IRI CoSort then takes over, using the powerful SortCL programme to handle demanding processing steps such as:
This processing takes place in parallel and outside the database. This reduces the load on the MySQL server, whilst allowing large volumes of data to be efficiently transformed and prepared for subsequent processes.
Simplifying migration and data integration:
During database modernisation, tables, data types and formats often need to be remapped or converted. IRI NextForm supports migrations to and from MySQL and MariaDB, and facilitates the transfer of existing data structures.
Data can be extracted, transformed, reformatted and loaded directly into new target tables. Data replication, custom data copies, reports and federated views can also be integrated into the relevant workflows. This makes the solution suitable for both traditional database migrations and modern ETL and data integration projects.
Securely masking personal data:
Production data often contains personal information such as names, addresses, customer numbers, email addresses or payment details. If such data is made available unaltered for development, testing or analysis, this poses a significant data protection risk.
IRI FieldShield protects sensitive data directly within MySQL and MariaDB tables. Depending on requirements, various methods are available, including:
Multiple columns can be consistently masked within a single processing step. The data remains technically usable, whilst the personal reference is reduced or removed. This helps organisations comply with the GDPR and other data protection requirements.
Generating realistic and secure test data:
Software testing requires data that reflects realistic structures and relationships but does not contain any real personal information. IRI RowGen generates synthetic test data based on existing data models and rules.
In doing so, referential integrity can be maintained across multiple tables. This provides developers and quality assurance teams with suitable test data for functional tests, load tests, DevOps pipelines and new database applications – without having to copy sensitive production data.
Centralised environment for data management and data protection:
The IRI Workbench provides a graphical development environment for many of these tasks. Processes for data extraction, transformation, migration, masking and test data generation can be developed, documented and reused centrally.
This creates a consistent approach for MySQL and MariaDB: the load on databases is reduced, processing times are shortened, migrations are simplified and sensitive information is protected.
Efficiency meets experience: For more than four decades, our software solutions have been supporting companies in data management and data protection – technologically leading, reliable in productive use and applicable across all industries.
In use since 1978: Numerous well-known companies, service providers, financial institutions and state and federal authorities are among our long-standing customers.
Maximum compatibility: Our software supports both classic mainframe platforms (Fujitsu BS2000/OSD, IBM z/OS, z/VSE, z/Linux) and modern open system environments such as Linux, UNIX derivatives and Windows.