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Features:

  • Seamless stateful failover - Automatically trigger seamless stateful failover when a Cloud Server fails to respond; resulting in zero downtime, zero data loss continuous availability - all state, including storage, memory, and networking is preserved even in the face of catastrophic hardware failures.
  • Automatic creation of secondary Cloud Servers. Automatically trigger the creation of a new secondary Cloud Server after failover, to ensure continuous protection to the application.
  • Compatibility with all types of shared storage. Cloud Lock Step works with all types of shared storage Fibre Channel, NAS or iSCSI.
    Compatibility with all operating systems. Cloud Lock Step works with all operating systems supported with VMware vSphere.
  • Compatibility with existing Cloud Servers, Virtual Private Clouds and Dedicated Private Clouds. Cloud Lock Step works with existing DRS and HA clusters and only an additional dedicated gigabit Ethernet network interface is required.
  • No manual steps during failover or after recovery.
    Different physical locations for primary and secondary Cloud Servers to guard against building-wide failures.
  • Easy point and click administration. Cloud Lock Step can be turned on or off through an easy point and click action in vSphere Client, allowing administrators to use the capability as needed.

Benefits:

  • Maximise Business Productivity - Minimal downtime = maximum productivity for your business applications
  • Lower TCO – achieve enterprise levels of availability without the cost of traditional hardware & software clustering solutions.
  • Increase IT staff productivity – single click high availability reduces the complexity of setting up resilient IT systems, thus freeing up your IT resources to focus on business application management.

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