August 26, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Novell (novell.com), announced on Thursday that it has released Novell Business Continuity Clustering 1.0 software that automates the configuration and management of geographically dispersed clustered server solutions, protecting key business systems against site downtime and disasters.
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Built on Novell Cluster Services 1.7 and NetWare 6.5, Business Continuity Clustering ensures that customers are prepared for any isolated server problems or severe data center calamities, and that their systems will continue to function normally and without interruption. The tool, says Novell, connects and synchronizes a “cluster of clusters” – two to four server clusters with up to 32 servers per cluster, which are often located at separate geographic sites.
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In the event of a data center’s cluster going offline, the other clusters assume its workload to ensure nonstop user access to data and resources. Novell eDirectory, its integrated enterprise-caliber directory, allows users to migrate services, configurations and other essential data from one data center cluster to another.
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These services may be server-based applications and databases (Novell GroupWise, Apache, MySQL, PHP and other J2EE Web applications) and those using native file access protocols of client workstations, including Novell, Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh, Web and Internet clients and servers.
