In-Memory Database Solutions for Solomon Investment and Securities - FOREX Trading Platform

Case Study: Solomon Investment
and Securities ("Solomon”)
– FOREX Trading Platform
CASE STUDY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICE
SPEEDIT

￭ Overview
￭ Problems
￭ Solutions
￭ Results
￭ Technical Details
AGENDA
In-Memory Database Solution
CASE STUDY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICE

+ Overview
Altibase
Altibase is provider of In-Memory
database solutions for real-time
access, analysis and distribution of
high volumes of data in mission-
critical environments.
Solomon Investment and
Securities (“Solomon”)
Solomon Investment & Securities is a
leading, global investment firm.
Summary
Altibase enabled Solomon to command a fully integrated, global, real-time
FOREX trading platform.

+ Problems
Solomon, with its Oracle legacy system, experienced severe
latency within its domestic futures and options trading system.
Additional performance issues surfaced during global expansion of
its Foreign Exchange (FOREX) trading platform.
 The geometric growth of online traders caused Solomon’s trade execution
and confirmation system to become unreliable.
 Solomon needed a secure, dependable DBMS solution that improved
speed, eliminated trade execution error and increased stability.
 With little technical support and a sluggish system, Solomon’s total cost of
ownership (TCO) spiraled.
 Solomon sought a proprietary, FOREX platform that would seamlessly
handle substantial trading volume while providing instantaneous data on
exchange rates.

+ Solution
 Solomon integrated ALTIBASE HDB in-memory DBMS in 2007.
Initially, Solomon utilized ATLIBASE HDB for its domestic futures
and options trading only. In 2010, after witnessing a consistent
jump in speed, connectivity and stability in those
systems, Solomon expanded ALTIBASE HBD into its other
platforms1.
1) Included FX Margin Trading and Overseas Futures in Home
Trading System (HTS).

+ Results
 ALTIBASE HDB has allowed Solomon to command a fully
integrated, global, real-time FOREX trading platform.
 All of Solomon’s FX Margin activities rely on ALTIBASE HDB,
achieving maximum efficacy.
 Solomon handles the increasing growth of online trading with
uninterrupted service and precise execution.
 ALTIBASE HDB has provided Solomon with a significantly lower
TCO coupled with superior technical support.

+ Technical Details
 Solomon achieved exceptional results by leveraging key features of ALTIBASE
HDB, specifically in the areas of high-performance and open platform.
ALTIBASE
Overseas
FX Servers
Active-Standby
I
M
FEP
Load
Balancing
L4
Home Traders
ALTIBASE
AS
AS
Overseas
FX Servers
Overseas
FX Servers

+
 Solomon, prior to switching to ALTIBASE HDB, was utilizing a conventional on-disk DBMS for
their FOREX/Overseas Futures Home Trading System. Increasing trading volumes resulted in
significant surges in the number of database transactions. This increase placed a heavy
burden on the capacities of their existing conventional on-disk DBMS. Specifically, increased
latency became a huge challenge for Solomon.
 Solomon, since 2007, (with its Domestics Futures & Options Commercial Trading System)
had already experienced resounding success with Altibase HDB in-memory DBMS Version 4
which was embedded in a third-party solution, TOPS. As such, Solomon quickly realized that
Altibase’s technology would benefit its other business lines. Replacing its conventional on-
disk DBMS for its FOREX/Overseas Futures Home Trading System was the target.
 In 2010, Solomon replaced the existing on-disk DBMS with ALTIBASE HDB Version 5.5 which
was configured in in-memory only mode. Because Solomon was able to put the entire
database in memory, latency was minimized dramatically.
 While delivering extreme speed, ALTIBASE HDB utilized a fraction of CPU, resulting in
significantly low resource consumption. Solomon further identified ALTIBASE HDB’s superior
reliability and stability, both fortifying its excellence in speed.
Performance

+
 Solomon was running its conventional on-disk DBMS on an IBM AIX
Server, and ALTIBASE HDB satisfied the ideal scenario of replacing the current
DBMS technology which could run on the same platform. Altibase’s flexibility
helped Solomon avoid additional server costs.
 ALTIBASE HDB was the perfect fit. As an open platform ALTIBASE HDB is
supported on all industry standard platforms including IBM AIX Servers.
Solomon installed ALTIBASE HDB Version 5.5 on their IBM AIX 5.3 Server
without requiring any changes to their existing HW investments.
Open Platform

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