July 20, 2021 |
Glossary: Recovery DatabaseGlossary of Terms: Recovery DatabaseDefinition: A recovery database (RDB) is a function in some email systems that facilitate recovery in the event of a failure. RDB enables email system administrators to mount and extract data from a restored mailbox database as part of a recovery operation in order to recover data from a backup or copy of a database without disrupting user access to current data. Reproduced from SIOS |
July 17, 2021 |
Glossary: SAN StorageGlossary of Terms: SAN StorageDefinition: SAN stands for storage area network. SANs is a network of storage devices shared by servers. It provides block-level storage that can be accessed by the applications running on any networked servers. Traditional failover clusters require shared storage (typically SAN) so that in the event of a failover the secondary cluster node has access to the same, up-to-date data as the primary node. Reproduced from SIOS |
July 8, 2021 |
Glossary: Quick StartsGlossary of Terms: Quick StartsDefinition: Quick Starts are templates or shortcuts created by public cloud solutions architects and software application vendors that automate and simplify the process of deploying an application environment in the cloud quickly and easily. Reproduced from SIOS |
July 4, 2021 |
Glossary: Oracle ClusteringGlossary of Terms: Oracle ClusteringDefinition: Oracle clustering is a way of providing high availability protection for the application by eliminating single points of failure by running the same operating system and databases and applications on multiple servers all of which share the same storage or connect to storage that is continuously synchronized. Reproduced from SIOS |
June 30, 2021 |
Glossary: Linux ClusteringGlossary of Terms: Linux ClusteringDefinition: With Linux clustering, an application is run on one node, and clustering software is used to monitor its operation. If the software detects an issue, it moves operation of the application to the secondary node in a process called failover. Reproduced from SIOS |