Find out why Standby Server is simply the best network disaster
recovery option available today.
Don't let this happen to you!
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- A Backup Server Than Mirrors Data From Your Main Server
- Backs Up Microsoft NT/2000 Servers.
- Automatic Fail-Over Capability
- Standby Server Takes Over While Main Server Is Repaired
- Backs Up Open Files
- Up-To-The-Minute Constant Mirroring – Not Yesterday’s
Data
- Scheduled Data Archiving – Yesterday’s (Or
Last Week’s) Data
- Low Bandwidth – Only Copies Differences In Files
- Mirrored & Archived Data Is Instantly Available.
- Simple Install, Easy Operation, Self Monitoring, Free
Support
- Remote Monitoring and Control Via The Internet
- Off-Site Backup Via Internet (Cable, DSL, Or Dial-up)
A Better Way
Many people do not realize (until it's too late) that tape backup
has often proved to be an unreliable disaster recovery plan. It
is susceptible to corruption, mechanical failure, and (very commonly)
human error.
Fortunately, there is a more reliable system of backup that eliminates
all these problems. It’s called Standby Server. Here’s
how it works.
Standby Server is a second server that holds an exact mirrored
copy of everything on your main server. The Standby Server is
dynamically updated minute by minute. This means that it doesn’t
have last night’s copy of data, like a tape backup. It has
an up-to-the-minute copy of current data.
The Standby Server constantly checks to make sure that the main
server is still on line and still functioning. If the main server
goes down for any reason, the Standby Server immediately detects
this and implements fail-over actions, which you have defined.
It can, for example immediately take over the IP address and hostname
of the main server. This is completely transparent to the end
user. In other words, the main file server goes down, and users
can continue to work off the Standby Server without having their
work interrupted. In fact, users won’t even be aware that
the main server is down. The Standby Server will send an email
or a page to a designated user(s) to advise that the system is
running on the Standby Server.
This gives you the breathing room to get a technician in to work
on the main server, during regular (read -- cheaper) hours, without
your end-users having to waste valuable time waiting for repairs
to be completed. They can continue working. When the repairs are
completed, a simple mouse click on “Recover” and the
Standby server sends its data back to the main server. This takes
all the stress out of a situation that is normally quite stressful
for both business owner and network administrator.
Not only does Standby Server keep an up-to-the-minute dynamic
copy of data, but it also archives data. It keeps yesterday’s
set of data, the day before yesterday, or last month’s or
as far back as you want to archive. This can be very handy if
you have a database file that became corrupted and you want to
restore a file to a previous condition.
Since these files are all stored on a server, they are immediately
available for use. You don’t have to figure out which tape
has the right data and hope it works. You can look at any time
and see that the files are all there and know that you actually
do have a backup system in place that is viable and will be there
when you need it.
