What is High Availability?
High availability, also referred to as "HA" is a term used to describe when a computer system is continuously available. A high availability solution masks the effects of a hardware or software failure and maintains the availability of applications so that the perceived downtime for users is minimized. With high availability software, no human intervention is needed to identify a failed component, execute a procedure in order to avoid a system failure or notice a system failure.
High availability can be achieved by a combination of hardware redundancy, backup and fail over processing and data storage. These solutions allow a computing system to continue to perform tasks with minimal downtime. The most common way to achieve high availability is to use redundant hardware components. These provide fault detection and correction procedures, which maximize the availability of critical services and applications provided by the system.
Businesses choose a high availability solution in order to keep their business-critical information systems continuously protected. These solutions help businesses achieve business continuity, improved productivity, reduced operating costs and streamlined workflow. High availability solutions ensure that data, applications and other components are fully protected and available. In short, high availability applications continue to run so that businesses can continue to make money.
Marathon Technologies offers a high availability solution to ensure that your business experiences as little downtime as possible.