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LAN recovery provides a readily available backup server which will take over operations when the active server or application fails.
Recovery over a LAN is often simpler and faster than WAN recovery as bandwidth and connectivity issues do not come in to play in the same way as they would for a WAN solution.
All servers used can be active, there is no need for a redundant server, and servers do not need to be similar, or paired in any way.
Replication is required to make sure that the data on the backup server is up-to-date. Multi-node solutions which replicate to 2 more servers are also possible, but to simplify the description, a 2-node solution is described. The solution works as follows:
Set up 2 servers on the LAN with replication to mirror changes between the servers
Monitor both servers with LifeKeeper to detect any application or hardware downtime
Failover to the backup server if there any disruption in service to your users
Fix any problems which occurred while users are using the backup server
Returning the faulty server back to service, will cause the data replication to resynchronize
Once data is resynchronised, the original server can become the active server once again
Monitor both servers with LifeKeeper to detect any application or hardware downtime
Failover to the backup server if there any disruption in service to your users
Fix any problems which occurred while users are using the backup server
The original server can become the active server once again
We have spent over 2 years looking for a solution and this really does work, it does what it says on the tin, I have no question at all about recommending the solutions to other parts of our group and other organisations that are looking for mirroring and failover.
David Morris, MD, Kocher and Beck
