The present invention provides techniques, including a method and system,
for transferring data between computer systems, for example, a mainframe
and a Personal Computer (PC), having storage systems of different
formats, efficiently. One embodiment provides a method for transferring
data from a first system, having a first processor and a first memory,
using a first format to a second system, having a second processor and a
second memory, using a second format. The method includes a first system
receiving data of a first format from a first disk unit; processing the
data of the first format into transformed data, where the transformed
data is the data transformed into the second format; storing the
transformed data in the first memory; and sending the transformed data
from the first memory to the second system responsive to a request from
the second system.