HP ProLiant 2000 Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions
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High-Availability Systems 9 -- Deployment Options 10 -- Service and Support Options 10 Putting it all Together 12 List of of availability across your information-technology environment. And it describes how Compaq can assist organizations of any size in achieving their high-availability - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 2
Tools logo in black/white and color, and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Server and Workstation, Microsoft SQL Server for Windows NT are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 3
purpose of this white paper is to provide an overview of the factors that - taken together - define your availability needs and how Compaq Computer Corporation can meet them. Definitions Before proceeding with a discussion of high availability, it is helpful to define a few terms. Availability: The - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 4
Many of our customers find it more cost-effective to engage Compaq for architectural and deployment activities. 1. What is the Cost of lost; employee benefits missed with adverse impact on morale; governmental program problems might harm citizenry; and even battles can be adversely affected if - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 5
Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions 5 Loss can be measured in more than money. But if money is the measure then the figures can be astounding. In a recent study, the Standish Group (1998) reports that costs of downtime typically range from $1,000 to $27,000 per minute. What's - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 6
. Or the intervention itself may cause a failure. Building-level incidents. In addition to system problems, disasters affecting a site or building, such as fire, power loss, or flooding, can interrupt service by damaging systems, robbing them of power, or preventing access to them. Metropolitan area - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 7
Some operating systems tend to be more stable than others, nevertheless, problems do occur that can affect an operating system and cause it to can be done in-house or with the assistance of a third party. Compaq has considerable experience in this area and stands ready to assist you. Availability - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 8
Services, or Business Impact Analyses and are primarily consulting services to describe the ability of a server or solution to tolerate failures. mode, that is, to identify the problem quickly, isolate it from the integrity user to select a lower level of support response time as mean-time-to-repair - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 9
the solution over the long run? Service and support: What level of service and support is available? Is the infrastructure in place to support the solution reliably and affordably - wherever it is located? Turn to Compaq for the Answers Compaq unquestionably has the broadest range of availability - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 10
Options Compaq also offers our customers one of the most powerful IT service and support organizations in the world -- including 27,000 IT experts in 114 countries and a network of over 30,000 highly skilled resellers. We offer a suite of proactive and reactive services that will keep your Windows - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 11
support for servers, network operating system, applications, switching components, and PCs • Multivendor support take a look at how we do this. Compaq Availability Review Identify risks to availability in your environment Availability Partnership is an annual service that provides a fully customized - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 12
of proactive and reactive hardware and software support services designed to achieve your target uptime level. Focused on preventing the causes of system-, network-, or environment-based outages, Compaq Business Critical Services are available for Windows NT running on multivendor Intel or Alpha - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 13
, the challenge is to maintain the level of availability originally architected. This is accomplished through a program of consistent internal controls and long-term relationships with support and service providers. ECG064/1198 - HP ProLiant 2000 | Architecting and Deploying High-Availability Solutions - Page 14
High-Availability Solutions 14 Conclusion When it comes to "putting it all together" Compaq is unique in the full range of performance-driven, affordable, high-availability computing products and services offered. We're in business to architect and deploy complete, integrated solutions worldwide
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October 1998
ECG064/1198
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Custom
Systems
Enterprise High Availability
Segment
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Introduction
3
Determining Availability
Requirements
3
What is the Cost of Downtime?
4
Recovery Point and Recovery
Time
5
What Causes Downtime?
6
Vulnerable Technologies
7
Availability Technologies
8
Architecting High-Availability
Systems
9
-- Deployment Options
10
-- Service and Support Options
10
Putting it all Together
12
List of Sales Offices
14
Architecting and Deploying
High-Availability Solutions
Abstract:
The demand for high availability is growing. Long required for
mission-critical applications in industries such as finance, process
manufacturing, and telecommunications, high availability today is fast
becoming a requirement in many other industries as well.
This white paper provides an overview of the combination of factors that
defines high-availability computing requirements. It describes
methodologies that can assist you in architecting and deploying the right
level of availability across your information-technology environment. And
it describes how Compaq can assist organizations of any size in achieving
their high-availability computing goals.