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September 2014 In recent years, one of the big drivers
behind achieving higher levels of system availability has been the
development of server virtualization technology from VMware, Microsoft, and
others. We will take a closer look at it in this installment. New Loxoll Business Partner Please join us in welcoming Infortrend China to the Loxoll partners’ family. Founded
in 1993, Infortrend is a leading provider of
high-performance networked storage solutions focusing on quality,
reliability, choice and value. Infortrend storage
solutions have been widely deployed on a variety of demanding applications by
multiple users across commercial and industrial markets. Headquartered in
Beijing, Infortrend China's storage experts assist
users with system installation and configuration, and provide prompt and
efficient customer services. Server
Virtualization and High Availability The ability to
separate logical from physical machine operations using virtual server and
application instances has provided IT managers with new tools to improve
system management and availability. For example, vSphere from VMware improves
system availability with virtual software facilities that: · Enable migration of live server instances from one
physical host to another in the event of failure or declining performance. · Move virtual machine disk files from one physical
data store to another to simplify maintenance and upgrades. · Create high availability for applications running
on virtual machines with automatic re-start on alternate physical hosts
should the primary physical server fail. ·
Using vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) software, create
high-availability shared storage instances,
eliminating the need for shared storage hardware. (However, this application
does require clustered server implementation.) If a host (physical) server
goes down, VSA automatically fails over to another server in the cluster,
protecting against single-point failures and data loss.
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