VMware White Paper Sample

The next layer of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan is ensuring high availability of applications and servers. Traditional highly available systems consisted of a single, high quality, multi-purpose physical system with comprehensive internal redundancy running all interdependent functions – paired with a second, identical system at a separate physical location.

These HA environments provide two of everything, including power supplies and network cards. Clustering or load balancing provided the software redundancy. This type of architecture grouped several computers together so that if one failed, others could handle the load. Clustering and hardware redundancy provides an effective – but expensive and complicated – solution for ensuring high availability. SMBs can now achieve their DR goals and more by leveraging cost-effective virtual infrastructure solutions. As the leader in virtualization, VMware enables small and midsized businesses with simple and affordable, yet powerful DR that go well beyond creating backup copies of all data, to encompass high availability and comprehensive disaster recovery capabilities.

Leveraging Virtualization to Optimize Availability VMware virtualization solutions enable SMBs to eliminate planned and drastically reduce unplanned downtime, deliver HA, and be better prepared for a disaster – without large investments in duplicate hardware or the complexity normally associated with clustering. VMware Infrastructure makes DR economically feasible for small to mid-size enterprises and provides always-on coverage capabilities that until now have not been possible for SMBs.