HP Cluster Extension EVA for Windows T3667A Leaflet

Product codes

T3667A

Table of contents

Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Key findings ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Solution configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

Server configuration ................................................................................................................................................... 7

Disk array and SAN configuration ........................................................................................................................... 7

Array-based replication with HP Continuous Access ............................................................................................ 10

Failover cluster configuration................................................................................................................................... 11

Disaster recovery with Cluster Extension EVA ................................................................................................... 11

Application load simulation ..................................................................................................................................... 15

Testing ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15

Disaster Scenario 1: All nodes in data center fail ............................................................................................ 16

Disaster Scenario 2: Primary EVA storage array becomes unavailable ........................................................ 18

Disaster Scenario 3: Entire data center failure ................................................................................................. 22

Disaster Scenario 4: Failover during resynchronization .................................................................................. 23

Best Practices ................................................................................................................................................................. 25

Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26

For more information .................................................................................................................................................... 27

Best practices for fully automated disaster recovery
of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 using HP Continuous
Access EVA with Cluster Extension EVA

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