Given the fallibility of any computing hardware or software, redundancy of services across multiple systems is necessary for high-quality network performance. It is imperative that failovers be quick and transparent, maintaining the consistency of service to users. The agilIT Availability Clustering Services are designed to minimize threats to data integrity, thereby reducing the risk of data loss and, most importantly, minimizing productivity-sapping performance slowdowns that may occur due to occasional component failures. Our highly experienced clustering and storage advisors will work with you to rapidly and securely implement Clustering Services across your data centre or nationwide.

AgilIT’s Multi-Computer High Availability Clustering is a specialized service for protecting mission-critical applications from hardware and software failures. With High Availability Clustering (HP MC/Service Guard, Veritas Cluster Server, Sun clusters, IBM HACMP, or Microsoft Cluster) multiple nodes (HP, SUN, IBM, or WINTEL) are organized into an enterprise cluster that is capable of delivering highly available application services to LAN attached clients.

Our trusted advisors will collaborate with your IT systems and storage administrators to prepare a comprehensive implementation plan, assess your environment and determine the optimal clustering solution. A clustering strategy will then be tailored to your specific business needs. Detailed implementation and service validation methods are documented for your review and approval prior to execution.

Transferring our Expertise to You

To ensure complete satisfaction with your clustering solution, you will be provided with verification of the integrity and operational readiness of your clustered services. An agilIT advisor will deliver clear and concise documentation outlining your new configuration, as well as conducting an operational handover to familiarize your staff with your new highly available environment.

Benefits

• The implementation of a proven clustering strategy, based on your business specifications.
• A decreased implementation time, due to the expertise of the High Availability Clusters specialist in every aspect of the solution (from design to final product).
• A proper design and implementation of a customized High Availability Clustering solution.
• Reduced downtime. Our clustering specialists, with their detailed knowledge and experience, adapt proven methods and design techniques for your environment.
• A seamless implementation and integration of multi-vendor peripherals into the configuration.
• Maximum availability of data to users throughout the clustering process.
• An accelerated time-to-production deployment.
• Customized documentation and knowledge transfer to the IT support personnel, ensuring ongoing ability to support the post initial implementation environment.

Deliverables

• Customization of a high availability clustering service strategy based on your business needs.
• An evaluation of the current computer systems environment for compatibility with different high availability clustering software.
• An evaluation of the application environment for compatibility with different high availability clustering software.
• A detailed analysis of the clustering requirements and available solutions.
• Architecture and precise design of the high availability implementation.
• Installation, configuration, and customization of high availability clustering software in accordance with customer applications.
• Verification of services integrity and the operational readiness of your newly deployed configuration.
• Documentation of the new high availability environment.

Specifications
This service involves a combination of hardware and software service offerings, backed by our experts' extensive skills and knowledge of the high availability solution space. Their combined expertise ranges from the knowledge of similar environments and best practices, to the ability to use and customize "plan templates" and "pre-tested scripts". The result is a smooth implementation of the high availability clustering software environment, with minimized implementation times and virtually a non-existent risk to your business environment.