Availability

learn how innovations in intelligent data protection and availability in Oracle Database 11g makes implementing high availability the natural byproduct of a common sense approach to system design. Your business needs to be online 365 days a year. If applications can't access critical information or if data is destroyed due to system failures, customers and revenue are lost and negative publicity can have a lasting effect on your organization's reputation.

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High availability and disaster recovery are increasingly in demand to support mission-critical applications. Learn how Oracle 11g offers maximum availability with the combination of high availability and disaster recovery. Every enterprise deals with many mission critical databases that are customer-facing or internet-enabled, and every enterprise also deals with database failures. High availability and disaster...

This whitepaper describes how a service availability solution should lay out a method for managing all service delivery components, representing them as a single, unified solution for both operations and the business. Service availability is the core of a healthy business. However, many service monitoring solutions cannot effectively correlate service interruptions with the root cause of the problem. This paper will outline the essentials of service availability...

This white paper provides an introduction to System i high availability for companies that want to understand this technology and evaluates whether such a solution can become a cost-justifiable component of their backup and recovery strategy. In today's world of ever-expanding hours of business operation and increasing reliance on data availability, it is becoming easier for companies of all sizes to justify the cost of a high availability solution.

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This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines-an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award. IT managers and executives have enthusiastically embraced server virtualization because it greatly increases server utilization, reduces capital costs and cuts operating expenses. And a growing number of IT executives are looking beyond server consolidation to use virtualization for simpler, more efficient...

2007 by enhancing the operational performance of high availability features, adding disaster recovery options and adding support for Windows Server® 2008. Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) introduced new mailbox availability options like Local Continuous Replication (LCR) and Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) as compared to Exchange Server 2003 which was limited to the shared storage clustering based on Microsoft Cluster Services. The new...

IT shops can ensure availability of network and storage resources by addressing availability issues caused by changes in system configurations. This white paper explores a modular system that can help simplify this task. This white paper explores a modular system that helps ensure availability of network and storage resources. Modular systems have inherent capabilities for hot plugging of modules without the need to bring down an entire...

environments. The demand for high performance and high availability of business-critical applications is fast becoming a cornerstone of business competence. Properly used, an enterprise IT dashboard can effectively track and communicate IT service availability, server performance, and infrastructure capacity at both a high, strategic level, and a granular level, providing a mechanism for clarity, insight, and better decision making on important IT-driven business issues.

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provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions. This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and will then provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.

It is a fortunate change of events for smaller companies that the powerful business continuity technology of high availability is no longer reserved for the...

processes, as well as being an efficient tool for increased availability, productivity, and lower Life Cycle Costs. Modern asset intensive industries are facing increasingly tougher conditions. With fewer resources, companies are expected to produce more products of higher quality and with increased knowledge content. Add to that a very volatile market with rapidly changing demands and the situation becomes very complicated. To handle this situation, more complex, technologically...

The power of an information availability solution lies in its ability to transform any nonproductive, non-profitable downtime into the optimum level of value-producing business uptime. The power of an information availability solution lies in its ability to transform any nonproductive, non-profitable downtime into the optimum level of value-producing business uptime. This squeezes out delays and latency from bank business processes and speeds...

MD3000i storage solution consists of a standard or high availability configuration. This whitepaper provides instructions to setup the MD3000i iSCSI storage solution for usage with VMware ESX Server software. The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i storage solution consists of a standard or high availability configuration. The standard model has a single controller with two 1GbE ports. It can be deployed to support up to 16 hosts non-redundantly. The high availability model has dual...

need a data center optimization strategy that ensures high availability, simplifies operational complexity, adapts to your existing environment, and delivers a secure and responsive computing infrastructure - all while lowering TCO.

Take data center virtualization beyond consolidation with a management approach that enables you to perform these tasks with ease:

• Simplify operations and optimize resource capacity with unified management of servers, networks, and storage
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configuration, improved resolution performance, high availability DNS services, and resilience from DNS denial of service attacks...

This white paper explores how the power of an information availability solution can unlock the latent potential of your IT environment and deliver new value for your organization. Every manufacturer--from heavy-duty industrial and automotive to consumer products and packaged goods--faces one ongoing challenge: time. Time-- all the delay and latency still remaining within your business processes-- impacts every level of the organization, adds to your costs, saps your productivity and...

via an integrated SAN and... Your organization's data availability is critical.

Performance challenges follow data availability, especially when it comes to large amounts of data. On some levels, servers are not working to full capacity and on other levels they are over utilized.

Discover how to provide a more effective utilization of hardware and software resources, simpler scalability and increased availability and performance for your storage infrastructure.

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Disaster recovery strategies and high availability for virtual environments are critical for business continuity. This paper outlines strategies specific to virtualized servers that ensure failover and mission-critical application availability. A disaster can be devastating to a virtual environment. Potential data loss and lengthy recovery makes a reliable recovery solution essential. Read this white paper to learn about enterprise-class disaster recovery...

This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments. This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments, and provides recommendations and best practices for configuring your Hyper-V HA environments on Dell hardware...

key ingredients are at the heart of delivering high service availability to support every kind of business The five essential ingredients for effective event correlation and root cause analysis are at the heart of delivering high service availability to support every kind of business. An organization might ask, “Why should we care about transforming our IT infrastructure?” According to a recent independent study, downtime can cost the average large enterprise at least 3.6% of its...

RUM) is an integral part of HP Software's Mercury Business Availability Center; as such, it is a primary element for managing packaged and J2EE- or .NET-based applications. HP's Mercury Real User Monitor (RUM) is an integral part of HP Software's Mercury Business Availability Center; as such, it is a primary element for managing packaged and J2EE- or .NET-based applications...

paper examines several key criteria related to high-availability service delivery, also it examines the importance of factors such as operational processes and service assurance, combined with maintenance and lifecycle strategies. As a world-class high-availability data center services provider, FORTRUST has worked closely with companies of all sizes to make sure they're making the right choices for their businesses. In doing so, FORTRUST has answered a lot of...

This paper explores the challenges of maintaining the availability and security of applications during disasters and disruptions in order to distill the characteristics of an ideal solution. This paper explores the challenges of maintaining the availability and security of applications during disasters and disruptions in order to distill the characteristics of an ideal solution. It subsequently reveals how global server load balancing and secure remote access...

documents a real-world field study that concludes the availability and call quality of VoIP over Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is comparable to that of VoIP over the public Internet. This paper documents a real-world field study that concludes that the availability and call quality of VoIP over Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is comparable to that of VoIP over the public Internet. Avaya measured the ability of MPLS services to support business quality VoIP...

for increasing the overall reliability, availability and security of information systems, and addressing compliance requirements, is controlling change across the IT infrastructure. Although security often gets the spotlight, the much greater risks to an IT organization are system reliability and availability. Gartner asserts that "80 percent of unplanned downtime is caused by people and process issues, including poor change management practices, while...

how Mission Critical & Proactive Services help you improve availability, reduce risk and increase service management. In this webcast you will learn how Mission Critical & Proactive Services help you improve availability, reduce risk and increase service management. Following are some Mission Critical Services:

• The ability to manage IT service is being put to the highest test.
• How do you ensure your IT infrastructure availability stability, security and adaptability?
• What are the

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