As part of MaxDB 7.6, the MaxDB Synchronization Manager is released. The Synchronization Manager supports creation of asynchronous replication scenarios between several MaxDB instances. However, interoperability features also are planned, so that the Synchronization Manager supports replication to and from a MySQL server.
In the first release, the Synchronization Manager supports inserting data into MySQL. This means that initially only replication from MaxDB to MySQL is supported. In the course of 2005, exporting of data from a MySQL server to the Synchronization Manager will be added, thus adding support for MySQL to MaxDB replication scenarios.
MaxDB 7.6, with the Synchronization Manager, was released as a beta version in January 2005. The production release is planned for April 2005.