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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/font><\/p>\n
The Cybersource Server Replicator is pitched directly at SMB companies with Linux servers in house and offers a low cost solution to server replication.<\/font><\/p>\n
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.<\/font><\/p>\n
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.<\/font><\/p>\n
“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.<\/font><\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n