2 Keys to Simplifying Your IBM i High Availability
Historically, high-availability (HA) solutions have had a reputation for being complex, difficult to manage, and time-consuming. Automation and intelligence are changing all that. Cloud computing has been transformational for many organizations. For companies running IBM i systems, the move to the cloud can open up new possibilities for running HA. Yet virtualization and cloud computing […]
Best Practices for Increasing Data Availability
Understanding the importance of data availability is easy enough. Actually achieving high data availability, however, is harder. If you’re wondering how you can improve data availability, keep reading. This post discusses some data availability best practices. Embrace redundancy Perhaps the most basic step you can take to improve data availability is to ensure that your […]
6 Threats to the High Availability of Your Data (and How to Solve Them)
Achieving high availability for data is tough. The best-laid data infrastructures often go awry for a variety of reasons, and they bring data availability down with them. What are those things that can go awry and prevent data high availability? And what can you do to stop or mitigate them? Threats to high availability Let’s […]
RPO vs RTO: Disaster Recovery Planning Requires Defining Your RPO and RTO
When disaster strikes, your firm must find a way to ensure business continuity. That means getting your networks and systems up and running as quickly as possible. However, that raises questions. Do all applications need to be restored as soon as possible? How much information do you need to restore? That’s where RTO and RPO […]
How to Maintain Data Availability (and Avoid Downtime Disaster)
How many times do you access your data on a daily basis? It could be just a few or 100 times a day, but in either case, you depend on that data for almost every decision you make. So imagine what would happen if that data availability became unavailable for any reason. As companies become […]
Don’t Just Back Up Data. Do It with High Availability in Mind
Do you back up your data with high availability in mind? Or do you just back it up to back it up? A backup strategy that doesn’t lead to high availability falls short of its full potential. By now, most people know that they should back up data. More than half of them have backup […]
Planned or Unplanned, All Downtime is Bad
Estimates for average costs of downtime at an organization came in at around $9,000 per minute [1] last year. That number leaves little doubt that the direct costs of technical downtime can cripple a business. However, that number doesn’t even take into account the indirect costs of downtime, such as bad press and negative social media […]
Precisely Launches New Version of Assure MIMIX Eliminating the Uncertainty of Server Outages and Data Loss for IBM i
As IBM shops strive to take full advantage of cloud connectivity and native cloud services, security and data availability remain top concerns for most. Trends such as globalization, vigorous competition, an increased focus on online sales and service, and a more stringent regulatory environment all contribute to an intensified focus on data availability and disaster […]
Data Availability 101: What Data Availability Means and How to Achieve It
What would happen if your business lost access to its mission-critical data? When required data is unavailable, IT operations effectively grind to a halt. LogicMonitor’s 2019 Outage Impact Study showed that companies with frequent outages experience costs that are 16 times higher than firms with infrequent outages. Even more important than the direct financial cost […]
High Availability Architecture: A Real-Life Blueprint to Use and Share
What does it take to achieve high availability? The short answer is “a lot.” Building highly available infrastructure requires investing in multiple infrastructure components, tools, and processes. For the longer answer to building a high-availability architecture, keep reading. What is high availability? Simply put, high availability means that everything hosted on your infrastructure is resilient […]
Highly Available Data: Why High Availability Is Not Just for Apps
High availability is a buzzword in IT today. Usually, it refers to applications and services that are resistant to disruption. But it should also apply to your data. Here’s why. What is it? High availability refers to the ability of an application, service or other IT resources to remain constantly accessible, even in the face […]
The Latest in High Availability Solutions With Assure MIMIX
This has been a turbulent year for IT professionals working in all industries. Resilience has routinely made the headlines as technology-related disasters have impacted scores of organizations. One formidable adversary of IT resilience is Mother Nature. Disruptive natural disasters this year, such as the Kilauea volcano erupting on the big island of Hawaii, hurricanes Irma, […]