Achieving High Availability with Oracle and VMware: VCS 6.0.2
Last week Veritas Cluster Server 6.0.2 for Linux (and 6.0.1 for Windows) was released with new features to allow application failover in VMware environments. Basically that means VCS running in the guest but with a full integration with VMware, which means that capabilities like vMotion and DRS are allowed.4.5KViews11likes4CommentsStorage Foundation Cluster File System HA on VMware VMDK Deployment Guide
Storage Foundation Cluster File System (CFS) provides several advantages over a traditional file system when running in a VMware guest OS. The primary benefit is that multiple virtual servers (up to 64) using CFS can simultaneously access data residing on the same physical LUN or virtual disk.7.2KViews9likes5CommentsOverview of the Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 6.1 Beta Program
The Storage Foundation High Availability Product Management team is pleased to announce the upcoming SFHA 6.1 Beta Program. SFHA 6.1 is focused on I/O Optimization, reduction of infrastructure, and unparalleled availability of mission critical applications while allowing customers to take advantage of new and continuing trends in the Data Center.666Views7likes1CommentAvoiding Service Interruption with I/O Shipping Technology
One of the new features that has been introduced within Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA 6.0.1 is I/O Shipping. This new feature improves resiliency across Cluster File System nodes reducing downtime and improving resiliency. I/O Shipping is about being able to ship I/O from one cluster node to another when a problem in the I/O path occurs.1.5KViews7likes6CommentsAchieving Zero RPO in VMware Environments with Campus Cluster Features
Implementing fast recovery scenarios outside a single data center may become complex when using VMware environments. Most customers love the idea of using Data Stores as the way to provision storage to the Virtual Machines.1.2KViews6likes1CommentVxDMP: A storage device manager
Typically any storage device is accessed using a specific protocol (IDE/SCSI) device driver. The device driver deals with mechanisms to access the device and sending commands to it using the transport mechanism provided by the underlying transport or host bus adapter driver(FC/iSCSI/FCoE).1.1KViews6likes0CommentsDo you believe your DR will work in a case of a disaster?
As a Disaster Recovery and High-Availability Consultant, I've participated in several disaster recovery exercises, for different customers in different industries, most of them large financial institutions, that are severely regulated here in Brazil and, I believe, all around the world.739Views5likes0CommentsAnnouncing the Agenda for SAMG Customer Forum 2012
We are excited to announce the agenda for the Storage and Availability Management Group (SAMG) Customer Forum 2012. We have only limited seats available for this highly technical event run by the engineers for the engineers.1.1KViews4likes2Comments