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RIM explains BlackBerry outage
News After RIM isolated the database problem and tried unsuccessfully to fix the issue, it began its failover process to a backup system. Although the backup system and failover process had been repeatedly and successfully tested previously, the...
[April 20, 2007, 9:39]
Test SQL Server 2000 clustering in VMware
News If you installed a default instance on node 1 and a default instance on node 2, a failover wouldn't work because two default instances can't reside on the same server. The other nodes in the cluster are in standby mode until a failure on the active...
[May 13, 2003, 10:49]
Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 - In Brief
White Papers This process is called failover. Failover clustering is an important feature of the Windows Server platform that can improve server availability. Failover clusters in Windows Server 2008 R2 provide seamless easy-to-deploy high availability for...
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
TechNet Webcast: Achieving Higher Scalability With SQL Server on Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (Level 300)
White Papers To ease the upgrade process for existing users of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 failover clustering, the webcast also point out the differences between a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster and a SQL Server 2000 failover cluster.
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
Hosting WCF Services in Windows Activation Service
White Papers By hosting the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services in WAS, one can take advantage of WAS features such as process recycling, rapid failover protection, and the common configuration system, all of which were previously available only to...
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
Windows 2000 Advanced Server: Clustering Microsoft ITG Infrastructure Services
White Papers Cluster service in Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Data Center Server provides high availability by allowing a server in a cluster to take over and run a service or application that was running on another server that has failed, a...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Using Clustered File System Software for Superior Application Availability
White Papers Deploying a cluster file system and running clustered services on top of it can simplify the failover process, reduce time to operation, and reduce the costs associated with application downtime. Organizations for which downtime - say, even 20...
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
MySQL adds subsecond failover
News If one instance fails, another takes over in a process called "failover". For business-critical applications, it'll provide subsecond failover," Urlocker said, referring to the delay between the first system crash and the second system picking up...
[March 15, 2004, 15:55]
DB2 Data Replication Using BMC Software Technologies
White Papers Solutions aimed at capturing all transactions and replicating them to another site for disaster recovery failover do not address this challenge. Because replication frequently is done at an application or object level, granularity and flexibility...
[January 31, 2009, 5:06]
Cisco IOS Classic Firewall Stateful Failover High Availability Solution
White Papers Stateful Failover for the Cisco IOS Firewall allows a router to continue processing and forwarding firewall session packets after a planned or unplanned outage occurs. This process is transparent and requires neither adjustment nor reconfiguration...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
HP OpenView Storage Mirroring SQL Manager 4.1 White Paper
White Papers It automates setup and configuration of replication and failover monitoring of SQL servers for rapid and successful deployment. Features such as auto-discovery of servers and key SQL data files simplify the process down to just four steps and...
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Disaster Recovery and High Availability Solutions Using SteelEye DataKeeper
White Papers Fortunately, Microsoft has the answer in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering (WSFC). WSFC provides protection against both planned and un-planned downtime by including a Virtual Machine cluster resource type which automates the process of...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
White Papers Beyond Mirror Activator, Sybase offers a full range of data management, data replication and application failover technologies to support the full range of financial institutions' BCP requirements. Business Continuity Planning is the process...
[October 18, 2005, 3:00]
Cambridge University tackles web-traffic rise
News The ZXTM boxes are used for load-balancing when demand is high, and also play a role in facilitating automated disaster failover. During this process, online access to the university network was made available to the entire student population...
[October 8, 2007, 8:56]
Recovery after the first 24 hours of a disaster
News Organisations generally don't protect these servers with real-time replication and failover systems, since the recovery point objectives (RPO) for these servers typically allow for the loss of a day's worth of data or more.
[June 24, 2005, 12:05]
Disaster recovery: It's not just about IT
News Without this group of people, it's a good possibility you'll have a great technology failover plan - and nowhere to implement it. While IT should obviously play an integral role in the BCP process, organisations shouldn't expect the IT department...
[July 6, 2005, 11:15]
Juniper announces energy-efficient core router
News Redundancy and failover was not a factor with the system, said Bau, because customers would build their systems with multiple chassis and software that could handle failover. The company claims it can lower the total cost of ownership of networks...
[February 5, 2009, 12:40]
Streamline Outlook 2000 installs
News The CIW will allow you to configure multiple servers that can be used for failover in the event the original distribution server becomes unavailable. The ORK tools streamline the process of deploying Office to a large number of clients.
[April 10, 2003, 12:17]
Aventail EX-750 review
Reviews Plus, if you need to handle more, it’s part of a much larger family of SSL appliances able to handle up to 2,000 users at the top end with additional clustering, load balancing and failover features also on offer.
[January 2, 2007, 10:43]
Localise your disaster recovery plan
News Local failover isn't always a requirement, especially if you're already planning how to provide off-site restoration. Often, these determinations must be made by management, which means that you'll need to help translate technical information into...
[April 24, 2006, 17:15]
