HP StorageWorks XP10000 Owner's Guide

54 HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array Owner’s Guide
Business continuity solutions
HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension XP
Cluster Extension XP offers protection against system downtime from a
variety of faults, failures, and disasters. It enables flawless integration of an
XP disk array’s remote mirroring capabilities with high-availability server
clustering solutions, including clusters covering metropolitan distances and
based on SUN, AIX, Linux, and Microsoft systems (similar functionality
exists for HP-UX servers with HP cluster software).
This extended-distance solution allows for more robust disaster recovery
topologies as well as automatic failover, failback, and redirection of
mirrored pairs for fast recovery. A host-based utility, Cluster Extension XP
requires Continuous Access and Continuous Access Extension.
Key features and benefits include:
• Automatic failover/failback disaster recovery solutions for
Serviceguard for Linux, Windows with Microsoft Cluster Server
(MSCS), Solaris with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), and AIX with
IBM’s HACMP cluster software
• Seamless integration of remote mirroring with server clusters
• A fully scripted turnkey solution for disaster recovery
• Allows consolidated disaster recovery across heterogeneous clusters
• Speeds recovery implementation
• Simplifies automatic failover and failback; no user intervention is
required

HP StorageWorks XP10000 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	StorageWorks XP10000
Category	Disk array system
Language	English