High Availability Services

Factsheet Storage 12/12/2005

Cost-effective disaster management – with uninterrupted data access

24-hour system availability is crucial to many businesses. Yet a severe IT problem – from a single server failure to a total site shutdown – could strike at any time. And such an event could profoundly affect your productivity and profitability in the longer term.

To neutralise such issues, ISC – one of the UK’s foremost IT solutions provider – has developed High Availability services. We can build a solution which allows you to manage potential disasters whilst retaining continuous access to your most important business applications.

High Availability comprises two solutions – Data Replication and Clustering – which will help ensure a swift return to business normality.

Data Replication

To ensure continuous access without loss – or painless recovery should loss occur – data is mirrored over multiple locations, via either a dedicated fibre link or an IP connection. Availability is enhanced within open-systems environments, operating systems, applications and databases, whilst your web usage is fully protected.

Clustering

For operational continuity and unhindered productivity, your servers can be grouped together. If one fails, another automatically kicks in, creating a seamless failover of databases, file & web-servers, transactional and messaging systems. Whether your servers reside on a single site or are spread geographically, your vital applications remain constantly available.

Benefits of High Availability

  • Less downtime through hardware/software failure
  • Faster recovery in case of disaster
  • Improved performance of business-critical applications
  • Greater resource utilisation

High Availability is a key part of ISC’s unique 4 Tier approach to enterprise storage. We can structure a solution which enables you to reduce your costs, manage more with fewer resources, cope better with large volumes of data and increase your business agility.

Additional storage services and benefits:

  • Pre- & post-sales technical support
  • Storage environmental audit & healthchecks
  • Software application & testing
  • Accreditation & bespoke customer training
  • Vendor neutrality – unbiased solutions assured
  • ISC Storage Consolidation – streamlined enterprise data storage
  • ISC Data Protection – automated backup across tape/disk media
  • ISC Data Management – data archived according to usage frequency
  • ISC StorageCare – single point-of-management support contract
  • Skills & expertise of leading IT solutions provider
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Storage The four service categories of ISC's Storage division - Storage Consolidation, Data Protection, High Availability and Data Management - are the key elements of our 4-Tier Strategy for Enterprise Storage.
Storage Consolidation You can significantly lower your storage costs with ISC Storage Consolidation.
Data Protection Data Protection enables automated backup across a range of tape and disk media.
High Availability High Availability lets you manage a potential disaster whilst retaining continual access to your applications.
Data Management ISC's Data Management service archives your data across various media according to its importance and frequency of use.