Accelerate Development With a Virtual Data Pipeline

The term “data pipeline” is a reference to a sequence of processes that gather raw data and convert it into an appropriate format to be utilized by software applications. Pipelines can be real-time or batch-based. They can be deployed in the cloud or on premises and their tooling can be commercial or open source.

As a physical pipeline carries water from a river to your home Data pipelines transport data from one layer (transactional or event sources) to another (data lakes and warehouses). This allows analytics and insights from the data. In the past, transfer of this data was done manually such as daily file uploads and long wait time for insights. Data pipelines replace these manual procedures and enable organizations to transfer data more efficiently and with less risk.

Develop faster with a virtual data pipeline

A virtual data pipeline offers large infrastructure savings in terms of storage costs in the datacenter as well as remote offices, as well as equipment, network and management costs associated with deploying non production environments such as test environments. Automating data refresh, masking, and access control based on role, as well as customizing and integrating databases can help to reduce time.

IBM InfoSphere Virtual Data Pipeline (VDP) is a multi-cloud copy-management solution that separates development and test environments from production infrastructures. It uses patented snapshot and changed-block tracking technology to capture application-consistent copies of databases and other files. Users can mount masked, fast virtual copies of databases in non-production environments, and begin testing in just minutes. This is especially useful for accelerating DevOps agile methodologies, as well as speeding time to market.

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