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Demo: SIOS LifeKeeper For SAP HANA

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Demo SIOS LifeKeeper For SAP HANA

Video Demo: SIOS LifeKeeper For SAP HANA

SIOS LifeKeeper provides out-of-the-box high availability protection for SAP HANA environments (on-premises or in the cloud) and ensures that cluster failover automatically adheres to SAP best practices for fast, reliable continued operations.

In this video, Todd Doane, Solutions Architect at SIOS Technology, demonstrates how SIOS LifeKeeper helps maintain high availability by performing automatic failover quickly and easily.

On SAP HANA:

  • SAP HANA environments are incredibly complex, especially when you want to do high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR).
  • There are different layers of the application stack: presentation layer, application layer where the ABAP SAP Central Services (ASCS) and the Enqueue Replication Server (ERS) reside, and the database layer.
  • You have to interpret and account for all of the SAP best practices.
  • There is a ton going on at any point in time that when there is a failure, automating the failover and meeting your recovery time and recovery point objectives are difficult.

High availability options for the SAP infrastructure:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Pacemaker integration)
  • SUSE High Availability Extension (Pacemaker integration)
  • SIOS LifeKeeper protection suite

Advantages of SIOS LIfeKeeper:

  • It is its own custom clustering software.
  • It is simple and easy to use. It has wizards to configure the chat environment.
  • It is SAP certified.
  • It handles data replication at the application level for ASCS and ERS volumes.
  • It handles database reregistration and can do manual or automatic switchback when a source comes back online.

Advice for companies looking to ensure business continuity:

  • Identify all the places that you could possibly have a failover, which could be environmental, human error, hardware failure, software failure, power failure, etc.
  • Plan for each single point of failure.
  • Train all the people responsible for supporting and keeping that SAP HANA environment up and running and available.
  • Test the failover scenarios. Ensure that when something fails and takes your data center out, you’re ready for it, i.e., your HA and DR systems will actually work the way you expect them to.

Let’s see SIOS Lifekeeper in action:

  • Doane shows two servers in AWS: one is running ASCS, the other is running ERS. He injects a kernel failure into the ASCS server. It goes down. The secondary server automatically takes over and starts running the ASCS process. When the server that failed comes back up, ERS is going to automatically move from the currently active server to the other one in order to maintain SAP best practices.

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SIOS Technology Will Demonstrate its High Availability Software at Cloud Expo Asia

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SIOS Technology Will Demonstrate its High Availability Software at Cloud Expo Asia

SIOS Technology Will Demonstrate its High Availability Software at Cloud Expo Asia

SAN MATEO, CA and Singapore  – September 20, 2023 – SIOS Technology Corp., an industry leader in application high availability and disaster recovery, today announced it will be demonstrating its high availability clustering software at Cloud Expo Asia on October 11 – 12, 2023 at Marina Bay Sands Expo Hall in Singapore in booth # L60.

Cloud Expo Asia is one of the fastest-growing and most influential technology events in Asia, drawing industry innovators, thought leaders, and key decision-makers from across the globe.

SIOS booth will feature demonstrations of the latest SIOS high availability software. SIOS will provide insight into how to protect critical applications, databases, and ERPs from downtime and disasters, on premises and in the cloud.

“We are very pleased to be participating in this year’s Cloud Expo Asia,” said Jason Aw, head of Strategic Business Development, APAC Region. “We provide a vital service to customers in a wide range of industries who are looking to meet strict availability requirements for critical applications, such as SQL Server, SAP, HANA, Oracle and many others.”

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About SIOS Technology Corp.

SIOS Technology Corp. high availability and disaster recovery solutions ensure availability and eliminate data loss for critical Windows and Linux applications operating across physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. SIOS clustering software is essential for any IT infrastructure with applications requiring a high degree of resiliency, ensuring uptime without sacrificing performance or data – protecting businesses from local failures and regional outages, planned and unplanned. Founded in 1999, SIOS Technology Corp. (https://us.sios.com) is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide.

SIOS, SIOS Technology, SIOS DataKeeper, SIOS LifeKeeper and associated logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of SIOS Technology Corp. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contact:

Beth Winkowski
Winkowski Public Relations, LLC for SIOS
978-649-7189
bethwinkowski@US.SIOS.com

Webinar: Achieving Resilience in Building Management and Security Systems: Essential Strategies for SQL Server High Availability

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Webinar Achieving Resilience in Building Management and Security Systems Essential Strategies for SQL Server High Availability

Webinar: Achieving Resilience in Building Management and Security Systems: Essential Strategies for SQL Server High Availability

Register for the On-Demand Webinar

This webinar discusses real-world use cases and showcase the tangible benefits of embracing high availability solutions tailored to the unique challenges of BMS. Whether you’re a seasoned IT pro or new to BMS, this webinar promises actionable insights to help you set up a rock-solid SQL Server environment, ensure your systems stay up no matter what, and keep your BMS applications available.

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Video: Why You Should Run Regular Health Checks To Ensure High Availability

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Video Why You Should Run Regular Health Checks To Ensure High Availability

Video: Why You Should Run Regular Health Checks To Ensure High Availability

In this video, Philip Merry, Software Engineer at SIOS Technology, talks about the importance of running health checks at a regular interval, especially when some system-wide changes are made.

A health check of your high availability (HA) systems is critical to ensuring business continuity. “Customers who get health checks benefit from the ability to predict and avoid issues in the future,” says Philip Merry, Software Engineer at SIOS Technology. “Customers who’ve implemented our recommendations and health checks also see fewer issues in the deployment activity and open fewer cases in the life of those nodes.”

In this video, Merry walks you through the process of health checks and explains how SIOS helps teams to ensure these health checks are smooth without any unexpected downtime. He also shares some recommendations as to how often these health checks should be done and how teams can prepare themselves for effective health checks.

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5 Retail Challenges Solved with a Robust HA/DR Solution

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5 Retail Challenges Solved with a Robust HADR Solution

5 Retail Challenges Solved with a Robust HA/DR Solution

The retail industry is constantly evolving, driven by changing consumer behaviors and advancements in technology. Retailers rely on critical databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MaxDB as well as POS applications and business analytics tools to stay competitive. High availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions are essential to mitigating downtime for these IT operations and enhancing customer trust. Read on to learn the top five challenges solved in the retail industry with a robust HA/DR solution.

Challenge 1: Uninterrupted Operations in the Digital Age

With the rapid growth of e-commerce and the shift toward online shopping, retailers must ensure their digital platforms remain operational at all times. Downtime can lead to lost sales opportunities, erode customer confidence, and damage the brand’s reputation. A robust HA solution, integrated into the IT infrastructure and offers 99.99% availability by eliminating single points of failure.

Through the use of failover clusters, HA ensures that if an application fails – whether due to network, storage, server, or software issue or a disaster, the workload is automatically shifted to a functional secondary system, minimizing downtime.

Challenge 2: Data Protection and Security

The retail industry handles vast amounts of sensitive data, including customer information, payment details, and transaction histories. Protecting this data from breaches, or accidental loss is a rising and common concern. A comprehensive backup solution plays a crucial role in data protection by creating regular backups and storing them in secure, offsite locations.

In the event of a security breach or system failure, a robust backup strategy minimizes data loss. By restoring data to a previous state before the incident, retailers can continue operations with minimal disruptions.

Challenge 3: Protection from Natural Disasters

Whether critical operations are run in the cloud, or in on-premises data centers, they are susceptible to natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or floods. These events can potentially cause immense losses and disrupt business operations. A well-implemented DR solution addresses this challenge by replicating data and failing over critical operations to a remote, geographically separated location.

In the face of a natural disaster that renders a primary data center inoperable, DR redirects operations to a secondary site that is geographically distant. Retailers can quickly recover and resume online services, minimizing financial losses and retaining customer loyalty. Having a robust DR solution in place provides retailers with peace of mind, knowing they can bounce back even in the worst-case scenarios.

Challenge 4: Mitigating Seasonal Workload Spikes

The retail industry experiences seasonal fluctuations in demand, especially during holiday seasons and special events. Preparing for sudden spikes in website traffic and transaction volumes is crucial to avoid performance bottlenecks and potential system failures. HA/DR solutions offer dynamic scaling capabilities that adapt to varying workloads.

During these high-volume periods, the cost and consequences of downtime can be devastating. Retailers need an HA/DR solution to ensure their key operations are protected from faults, failures, network outages, as well as local, sitewide, or regional disasters.

Challenge 5: Compliance and Business Continuity Planning

The retail industry is subject to various regulations related to data privacy and security, making compliance a top priority. A robust HA/DR solution aids retailers in meeting these regulatory requirements by ensuring uninterrupted operations.

Additionally, HA/DR solutions are instrumental in business continuity planning. Retailers can assess potential risks and develop comprehensive strategies to keep the business running in adverse situations. By conducting regular disaster recovery drills and testing failover mechanisms, retailers can identify vulnerabilities and fine-tune their response to potential disruptions, ensuring a swift and efficient recovery.

Making sure your retail business is resilient and customer-focused in today’s digital age demands a robust high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR) strategy. It’s the key to dealing with everything from seamless operations and data protection to bouncing back after natural disasters, handling seasonal rushes, staying compliant, and keeping your business running smoothly. With the right HA/DR solutions in place, retailers gain the power to not just survive but thrive in a fast-paced market.

Contact SIOS today for high availability and disaster recovery solutions.

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