Loss of revenue, lost productivity, and damage to your reputation and customer relationships are hard to explain to your boss.

No matter what your business, an hour of downtime can cost more than most companies can measure.

To achieve near-zero downtime, mission-critical systems cannot afford to have single points of failure in servers, storage or interconnects. High-availability is now a necessity in most modern IT systems. High-availability is most effectively achieved in server and storage systems through server clustering, which allows systems to survive hardware or software failures without users experiencing downtime. 

Our technical consultants will evaluate your Unix, OpenVMS or Windows environment  for compatibility with Multi-Computer Clustering. We are certified for:

• HP ServiceGuard
  
• IBM HACMP
  
• Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for Unix, Linux and Windows applications 
  
• Sun Cluster for Solaris applications
  
• Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) for Exchange, SQL Server and Windows Server clusters
  
• Remote Managed Services for 24x7 cluster monitoring and management
  

We will provide enterprise wide clustering that is capable of delivering highly available application services to your business. Partnering with SMS will ensure that Clustering is implemented successfully so that your risk and vulnerability can be reduced and prepare you for any disruption or problem that could adversely impact your operations.

ServiceGuard is one example of how multiple nodes are organized into an enterprise cluster that is capable of delivering highly available application services. The High Availability Clustering Design & Implementation service delivers the planning, design, and implementation of a highly available HP-UX based infrastructure.

• Minimized loss of revenue due to unexpected downtime.
• Increased probability of maximum utilization of system and software investment.
• Faster time to deployment with our proven solution expertise in the area of high availability.
• Optimized design and implementation of a customized Cluster solution.
• Total solution provision with SMS high availability specialists involved in every aspect of the project from design to production readiness.
• A gain in education, skills, and knowledge during all project phases.
• Knowledge transfer to IT personnel to increase skills for ongoing operational support.

• Evaluate the computer environment for compatibility with Clustering.
• Evaluate the application environment for compatibility with Clustering.
• Architect and design the high availability implementation.
• Install, configure and customize Clustering with the customer’s applications.
• Test the implemented environment against predefined failure scenarios.
• Provide mentoring for the new high availability environment.
• Document the new high availability environment.

Our high level of experience with HP-UX, Solaris, OpenVMS, AIX and Windows enables us to help you maximize your IT investments, minimize your service costs and extend your product life-cycle. We use a flexible and collaborative process that is customized to help you design, build, integrate and manage solutions in the most effective way that makes sense for your business.