Open source developer and integrator Cybersource has announced the release of a data replication bundle designed to deliver high level disaster recovery for Linux servers.

Typically seen as a big business solution due to the high cost of implementing a solution disaster recovery is becoming more important for the SMB market to meet compliance obligations and business continuity requirements.

The Cybersource Server Replicator is pitched directly at SMB companies with Linux servers in house and offers a low cost solution to server replication.

Built around a PC cube the Server Replicator can be located on-site or at a remote location to add further protection against fire or flood.

Ron Fabre, Cybersource’s Products and Services manager says companies can think of the $1995 bundle solution at a “warm spare” for their primary server.

“The Server Replicator is a Rapid Recovery System which uses remote syncronisation software to replicate your production Linux servers, so that you have ready-to-run warm-spares of these primary servers,” said Fabre. “It allows you to deploy a set-and-forget solution which provides for the fastest recovery in case of server system failure.”
The Replicator boots from a CD and mirrors the primary server disks in near real-time taking snap shots of the server’s state. In the event of a failure, the CD can be removed and the server booted as a copy of the primary server.

“If and when your server suffers any kind of failure, you can be back online, serving files, routing email or firewalling your office in only a few minutes.,” said Fabre.

http://www.cybersource.com.au/product/replicator/