Automated Server Recovery
Data Protection
Multiple Server Recovery
Planned or Unplanned Emergency Upgrade Protection for Hardware & Software
Automated Disaster recovery
Return On Investment most likely within 9 months

Sycom spent many months testing and reviewing solutions which replicated primary servers onto standby servers without much joy. Our clients demand a product that is reliable and can be depended on in a problem/disaster situation. Clients NEED TO KNOW that if they have a solution in place to minimise their down time, it's going to do what the "Box says "! Well we have the solution, that really does what the box says.

Below is an outline of the solution Sycom recommend and use for clients requiring 99.999% up time with their NT & Windows 2000 based Servers. Oh ok, perhaps we should be more realistic - 99.9% up time!
Don't believe us, well come and see it working! Just call us for a demonstration. From an ISP or Corporate right through to small establishment requiring servers to be running in mission critical situations, WE can take care of the solution for you.

NeverFail™ replicates delta changes in real-time from all your servers to a Local Catcher (standard Intel server). Each source server is monitored for network presence. Should one server fail, the Catcher notifies the users and support staff and immediately assumes the identity of the failed server. The Catcher then continues to replicate the data from those servers that have not failed. Should multiple servers fail, the Catcher will assume the identity of all failed servers simultaneously and continue to provide the service to the business.

A Remote Catcher can be added to the network to provide increased resilience in the event of a local environment failure. The remote catcher can be based at a secondary site or emergency recovery centre and can also be connected to your local network. Should your local site be lost, the remote catcher will take on the work of all lost servers and provides instant disaster recovery.

In addition to immediate server fail-over (continuous business processing), NeverFail™ also has a rapid recovery option which automatically configures emergency replacement hardware should you lose a server that you wish to immediately replace. Using the NeverFail™ management console, standby hardware is electronically configured (no human intervention) and readied to receive the data that has been mirrored to the Catcher. Once built, the rapid recovery server can be connected to the network and take the place of the failed hardware.

Unscheduled downtime is a thing of the past with NeverFail™.
NeverFail™ has many features:

It eliminates the impact of a server failure ensuring users are not interrupted, data is not lost and reputations are not damaged.

It recovers multiple servers onto just one Intel environment reducing investment in emergency standby hardware.

It allows essential hardware maintenance and system changes to take place during normal working hours
substantially reducing overtime costs and expensive downtime.

It provides immediate data recovery and avoids having to restore last night's backups tomorrow!

Replaces failed hardware automatically reducing engineering overheads and saving money on maintenance contracts.

Allows multiple applications such as Exchange and Oracle to run on a single server reducing investment in server technology.

Protects from a major disaster and reduces disaster recovery contracts costs.

Why is this a product that you should consider now, today as a fundamental component of your network?

Due to the unique way in which NeverFail™ replicates data, additional network traffic is kept to a minimum and existing bandwidth is not compromised.
The product has substantial appeal to companies of all sizes, from 50 employees upwards and is suitable for all industries.
It has many unique selling points: Allows the recovery of multiple servers onto a single piece of hardware - this cuts costs and enhances the value proposition.
Provides fully-automated hardware recovery replacing failed equipment without human intervention.
Using its remote mirroring capability, it protects a business from environment failure e.g. major disasters. It allows scheduled downtime during working hours saving on overtime, maintenance contracts and expensive outsourcing costs.
Creates exact replicas of client servers allowing offline testing, upgrades, training etc. without damaging the live environment.
Monitors servers locally and remotely providing pre-emptive information.
Can be installed “on-the-fly”, minimizing downtime. Allows companies to provide their own fully automated disaster recovery services, cutting costs from third party suppliers.

A Gartner report entitled "Why Enterprises Invoke Their Business Continuity Plans" published in January 2001 stated that the most common cause of interruption between 1997 and 2000 was hardware failure (60% of all cases). This is the core reason for buying NeverFail™ Server.

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