Endian Migration

Convert between uppercase, lowercase, and BOM - platform independent

Overview
Alphabetical
Date/Time
Multi-Byte
Numerical
Byte order
Challenges

There is an inherent data compatibility problem between different endian Architectures.

Binary numbers and multibyte character data from „big-endian“ computers, like mainframes, are not processed correctly on „little-endian“ computers, like a Windows PC, and vice versa.

Different CPU architectures assign different byte orders to resident data. This can lead to incompatibilities in data recognition and processing.

Solutions

 

IRI offers Endian designations and migration functionality in its software to process or convert data from Big- and Little-Endian architectures.

IRI's ability to preserve and change byte order at the global, source (e.g., file), and field levels means that data sources at these levels can be correctly processed on big-endian, little-endian, or bi-endian hardware. This facilitates offloading of labor-intensive or more expensive systems from computers with more capacity but different byte orders.

Field-level Endian control simplifies moving data into and out of files and databases during data integration. Output Big and Little Endian data to one or multiple destinations simultaneously. Avoid the need for correction processes, data redundancy, and synchronization.

The data management platform IRI Voracity or these separately available individual products manage the endianness problem efficiently and meaningfully:

IRI CoSort

Captures, transforms, and marks data as Big or Little Endian, regardless of the execution platform's byte order.

IRI NextForm

Converts the byte sequence of files and fields to migrate data cross-platform.

IRI FieldShield

Captures, protects, and targets data as Big or Little Endian, regardless of the execution platform's byte order.

IRI RowGen

Generates test data – files and fields – with the byte order required by you.

 

Solutions

 

IRI offers Endian designations and migration functionality in its software to process or convert data from Big- and Little-Endian architectures.

IRI's ability to preserve and change byte order at the global, source (e.g., file), and field levels means that data sources at these levels can be correctly processed on big-endian, little-endian, or bi-endian hardware. This facilitates offloading of labor-intensive or more expensive systems from computers with more capacity but different byte orders.

Field-level Endian control simplifies moving data into and out of files and databases during data integration. Output Big and Little Endian data to one or multiple destinations simultaneously. Avoid the need for correction processes, data redundancy, and synchronization.

The data management platform IRI Voracity or these separately available individual products manage the endianness problem efficiently and meaningfully:

IRI CoSort

Captures, transforms, and marks data as Big or Little Endian, regardless of the execution platform's byte order.

IRI NextForm

Converts the byte sequence of files and fields to migrate data cross-platform.

IRI FieldShield

Captures, protects, and targets data as Big or Little Endian, regardless of the execution platform's byte order.

IRI RowGen

Generates test data – files and fields – with the byte order required by you.