Business Continuity Solutions; Hp Storageworks Cluster Extension Xp - HP StorageWorks XP10000 Owner's Manual

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Business continuity solutions

Cluster Extension XP offers protection against system downtime from a

variety of faults, failures, and disasters. It enables flawless integration of an

XP disk array's remote mirroring capabilities with high-availability server

clustering solutions, including clusters covering metropolitan distances and

based on SUN, AIX, Linux, and Microsoft systems (similar functionality

exists for HP-UX servers with HP cluster software).

This extended-distance solution allows for more robust disaster recovery

topologies as well as automatic failover, failback, and redirection of

mirrored pairs for fast recovery. A host-based utility, Cluster Extension XP

requires Continuous Access and Continuous Access Extension.

Key features and benefits include:

• Automatic failover/failback disaster recovery solutions for

Serviceguard for Linux, Windows with Microsoft Cluster Server

(MSCS), Solaris with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), and AIX with

IBM's HACMP cluster software

• Seamless integration of remote mirroring with server clusters

• A fully scripted turnkey solution for disaster recovery

• Allows consolidated disaster recovery across heterogeneous clusters

• Speeds recovery implementation

• Simplifies automatic failover and failback; no user intervention is

required

HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array Owner's Guide

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