Whiteboard: Fast Failover Using Cluster File System
Many mission critical applications run on databases and require rapid recovery in the event of failure. Unfortunately, the high availability (HA) tools from the database vendor can be prohibitively expensive. Karthik Ramamurthy, Technical Product Manager for Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System, explains how this product can be used to reduce Oracle failover times from 30 minutes to less than one minute. This whiteboard presentation describes the failover process and how such dramatic failover improvements can be achieved.
Resources:
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0: Using CFS for Oracle Fast Failover - White paper that discusses the various aspects of failover and how CFS helps reduce the time taken to recover an application.
