Solutions for High Availability

There are many strategies for improving IT system availability. The relative positioning of the most common options is explained in the Availability Pyramid.

This section documents the basics of server clustering, a key foundation technique for availability. Start with an outline of basic two-way fail-over and the read on to understand more sophisticated approaches.

Multi Site Clusters

N+1 Clustering

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Backup or Archive? An age old question - after almost 60 years of data storage and backup on electro-magnetic media, people are still confused as to what a "Backup" is and what an "Archive" is. See Tim's blog post explaining the difference.

Do you "Splunk" ?? It's not a rude question, but it could lead you to some empowering insights into what's happening out there in your multi-vendor, multi-faceted IT infrastructure.

Data Engines have developed a set of field tested, vendor backed data-at-rest encryption solutions that can help organisations mitigate data security risks for removable storage media like tape. Ask us how to ensure your primary data storage or backup data is safely encrypted, but most importantly, how you can insure full recovery in the future.