Technical Whitepaper (US) von Fujitsu Storage zum ETERNUS DX Storage Cluster mit automatisierten Failover-Funktionen ohne zusätzliche Speichervirtualisierung; Download siehe PDF-Anlage. Hier die Übersicht (Auszug aus der Einleitung des Originaldokuments): „Data is one of the most important assets in any company, storage systems play a vital role in the IT infrastructures of all enterprises. IT administrators need to ensure that mission-critical data is continuously accessible, ensuring round-the-clock business continuity despite any system or site failures, as well as unplanned or planned outages.

• Storage Cluster is the high-availability feature of the ETERNUS DX S3 family of storage arrays. Data is synchronously mirrored between two interlinked storage systems. If the primary (active) system should fail, all primary host connections are switched instantly to the secondary (standby) system. This failover is transparent for both servers and applications, and it ensures uninterrupted operations.
• This advanced feature helps fulfill service levels and delivers predictable operation for business- critical applications – particularly in virtualized server environments.
• Storage Cluster is integrated and controlled by the ETERNUS SF Management Suite and features simple setup and administration functionalities...“