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Eliminating Downtime in No Time.

True High-Availability for the Microsoft Technology Platform

Cluster-class availability without the cost and complexity

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Why you need a high availability solution

Sustaining high levels of system availability continues to be a key issue and concern for many organizations. Gartner

Each messaging [Exchange] downtime hour in a 500-person organization amounts to $8,600 in real productivity losses – costing more than $400,000

annually. Alinean

93% of all companies that experience a major loss of data are out of business within five years. Gartner

When asked about their priorities, many people, without thinking, quickly respond that protecting data and maintaining uptime are equally important.

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The Neverfail Group

The Neverfail Group is a leading global software company providing affordable, “cluster-class,” high application availability and disaster recovery software solutions for the Microsoft® technology platform.

In business over 10 years, with experience in Business Systems availability• Migrated from Disaster Recovery Consulting Firm to Software Company

International Presence • United Kingdom – Headquarter and Partner Network • North America – US Office and Partner Network• Europe – Distributors• Asia/Pac – Distributors

Strong Technical Pedigree• CTO and lead Development team have decades of experience at Tandem/Compaq/HP

High Performance Research Center


Reliability(Foreseen problems)

Resilience(Unforeseen problems)

Achieving True High Availability

ConsultingServices

Clustering

Replication

Storage

Backup

Monitoring

DomainExpertise

ConfigurationManagement

True High Availability

Reliability

Resilience

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High Availability cannot be achieved by simply installing failover software and walking away

Evan Marcus, Blue Print for High Availability


Achieving High Availability

Neverfail SCOPE

Neverfail for Exchange

Neverfail for SQL Server

Neverfail Heartbeat


Reliability

Resilience

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Neverfail for File Server

Neverfail for Blackberry

Neverfail for Internet Info Svcs


Other Technology Options

Resilience

Benefits Shortcomings Cost

Backup

Replication

Complexity

Directly addresses:• Data loss

Directly addresses:• Data loss• (Hardware outages)

• Only protects data, sometimes hardware

• Very long recovery• Just delaying outage

• Data stale / outdated• Very long recovery• Only protects data

Clustering

Directly addresses:• Data loss• Application failures• Performance• Hardware outages

• Shared architecture = single-point of failure

• No site protection• Very expensive• Very complex

Reliability - there is no competitive offering to address server reliability


The “Ideal Solution”

All of the benefits, none of the shortcomings

Resilience• A solution that addresses:

• Data loss / Corruption• Application failures• Performance degradation• Hardware outages• Network outages• Site outages / Disaster

• Which is:• Free of single points of failure• Inexpensive• Simple to use

Reliability• A solution that addresses:

• Lack of knowledge• People mistakes• Process mistakes

• Which is:• Automated• Unobtrusive• Easy to maintain• Intelligent• Knowledge is never “lost”

Cost Complexity


Product Overview


• Automatically collects configuration

and environmental information• Unobtrusively collects detailed performance

information• Validates configuration information and makes

change recommendations• Analyzes Server workload characteristics• Analyzes Bandwidth usage• Allows network “what if” modeling

Neverfail SCOPE

Server Check, Optimization, and Performance Evaluation


Neverfail Heartbeat

• Full data & server protection• Seamless Server Switch-over, Fail-over

and Switch-back• Integrated LAN/WAN support • “Shared nothing” Architecture • Hardware agnostic• Zero downtime maintenance• Network connectivity monitoring

Core Clustering Technology


Application Modules for Exchange, SQL and File Server

• Automatically identifies and fully supports

designated applications – out of the box• Monitors all key application services • Monitors all key application performance

attributes• Provides Pre-emptive failover avoidance• Seamless switchover, failover and switch-

back of application workload• Support and protection of additional applications such as Anti-virus


True High Availability - Achieved

Resilience• Network• Hardware• Operating System• Application

Reliability• Configuration “Best Practices”• Environmental Analysis


Reliability

Resilience

Groundbreaking price point• Complete solution

• Starts at $6,000$


Summary

True High-Availability• Reliability (foreseen, predictable)

• Resilience (unforeseen, unpredictable)

• High Availability is more than just failover software

Neverfail – a complete solution• Neverfail SCOPE• Neverfail Heartbeat + Neverfail for Exchange,

SQL and File Server• Inexpensive, Simple to use (solutions starting at £3000)


Thank You

For More Information Contact:

Providence Solutions Pte Ltd10 Ubi Crescent #05-100,

Ubi Techpark Lobby E Singapore 408564

Tel: 65-62869250 Fax: 65-67422723

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