SymmetricDS 2.5.8

SymmetricDS is web-enabled, database independent, data synchronization/replication software. It uses web and database technologies to replicate tables between relational databases in near real time.

The software was designed to scale for a large number of databases, work across low-bandwidth connections, and withstand periods of network outage.

By using database triggers, SymmetricDS guarantees that data changes are captured and atomicity is preserved.

Support for database vendors is provided through a Database Dialect layer, with implementations for MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, HSQLDB, Oracle, and Apache Derby included.

Synchronization can be configured to push data (trickle-back) or pull data (trickle-poll) at an interval. SymmetricDS allows for 2-tier and even n-tier synchronization, such as the following:
· A farm of web server nodes fronting an enterprise-class general office database
· A handful of regional servers for synchronizing from the general office to remote geographical areas
· 1000(s) of store server nodes using a departmental class database to sync with a regional node
· 10(s) of Point of Sale (POS) register nodes using an embedded database to sync with a store server

Deployment options include the following:
· Web application archive (WAR) deployed to an application server such as Tomcat, Jetty, or JBoss
· Standalone service
· Embedded in an application

Here are some key features of "SymmetricDS":

· Data Channels - Table synchronizations are grouped into independent channels
· Guaranteed Delivery - Synchronized data is guaranteed to arrive at the target destination. If a synchronization fails, the same batch of data will be retried until it succeeds or manual intervention is taken. All other data synchronization is halted for the failed channel only.
· Transaction Aware - Data updates are recorded and replayed with the same atomicity
· Centralized Configuration - All configuration is downloaded from a central registration server
· Multiple Deployment Options - Standalone engine, web application, embedded software component
· Data Filtering and Rerouting - Allows for localized passwords and sensitive data filtering/routing
· HTTP Transport - Pluggable transport defaults to Representation State Transfer (REST-style) HTTP services
· Payload Compression - Optionally compresses data on transport
· Notification Schemes - Push (trickle-back data) or Pull (trickle-poll data) changes
· Symmetric Data Protocol - A fast streaming data format that is easy to generate, parse, and load
· Plug-In API - Add customizations through extensions and plug-in points
· Two-Way Table Synchronization - The same table can be synchronized both to and from the host system while avoiding update loops
· Database Versioning - Specify data synchronization by version of target database
· Auto Database Creation - Optionally allow creating and upgrading of database schema
· Embeddable - Small enough to embed or bootstrap within another application (i.e. a POS application)
· Multiple Schemas - Supports multiple database schemas naturally through the existence of Data Channels
· Primary Key Updates - Captures the "before" and "after" data being changed, allowing updates to primary key data
· Remote Management - Administration through a Java Management Extensions (JMX) console
· Remote Database Administration - SQL can be delivered and run at remote databases via the synchronization infrastructure
· Initial Data Load - Prepare the satellite database with an initial or recovery load of data

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Bug:
· [SYMMETRICDS-505] - Support NCLOB column on oracle
· [SYMMETRICDS-506] - Support DDL create of NChar/NVarchar/Nclob
· [SYMMETRICDS-508] - SqlScript does not execute a result set if a select is passed to the script.
· [SYMMETRICDS-509] - Schema upgrade fails on Firebird/Interbase
· [SYMMETRICDS-512] - ojdbc6.jar and ojdbc5.jar from Oracle 11g distribution causes some SymmetricDS tables to be dropped and recreated.
· [SYMMETRICDS-513] - Cached table metadata could get out of sync when in cluster (sync triggers might run on only one node)

Improvement:
· [SYMMETRICDS-507] - Get rid of the columns out of order detection in ddlutils. It just causes tables to be rebuilt during upgrades when they really don't need to be.
· [SYMMETRICDS-510] - Document how to re-send data by creating reload events
· [SYMMETRICDS-511] - Add new service url that returns information about a node in the properties format: http://hostname/sync/info