IBM Global Mailbox is a high-availability and geographically distributed solution designed for managing and ensuring the resilience of critical file and message data in a B2B environment. It is a component of IBM's Sterling B2B Integrator and Sterling File Gateway, enabling businesses to maintain consistent data exchange and operations even in the face of disruptions such as data center outages. Key Features of IBM Global Mailbox: High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Distributes mailboxes across multiple geographically dispersed data centers. Ensures continuous operation and access to messages even if one data center goes offline. Active-Active Architecture: Provides real-time synchronization across multiple locations. Enables load balancing and reduces downtime for maintenance. Eventual Consistency: Uses a distributed database model to ensure data consistency across locations while maintaining performance.

Scalability: Supports large volumes of data and high transaction rates, making it suitable for enterprises with significant B2B integration needs. Redundancy: Replicates messages across nodes, ensuring that no data is lost in the event of a failure. Seamless Integration: Works seamlessly with IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and Sterling File Gateway to handle file transfers and messaging workflows. Secure Data Transfer: Offers robust security features, including encryption and secure protocols, to protect sensitive business data. Policy Management: Supports configurable retention policies for messages and files, ensuring compliance with business and regulatory requirements. Common Use Cases: B2B Data Exchange: Ensuring the availability and integrity of critical transactions (e.g., orders, invoices, shipping notices) between trading partners. Disaster Recovery: Providing failover capabilities in the event of data center outages or infrastructure failures. Global Operations: Supporting enterprises with distributed operations that require reliable file and message delivery across regions. Advantages: Improves operational resilience by reducing downtime and data loss. Ensures compliance with stringent business continuity and disaster recovery requirements. Optimizes performance with its distributed architecture.