Latest Version of Vision Solutions ORION for AIX Delivers Easy to Use and Manage SMB High Availability.IRVINE, Calif. -- Vision Solutions, a leading high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. (HA) solution provider to the Global 5000, has announced availability of the latest version of its ORION for AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. software. Targeted to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), ORION for AIX has been enhanced with offsite data mirroring, replication and disaster recovery capabilities, enabling business continuity and resiliency. ORION for AIX requires minimal training, provides turn-key operation and features an intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. for quick implementation, resulting in significantly lowered cost of ownership compared to other HA alternatives. "High availability and business continuity have always been important attributes of the AIX platform for our customers," said Jeff Howard, Director, IBM System p The System p5, formerly known as RS/6000 (for RISC System/6000), is IBM's current RISC/UNIX-based server and workstation product line. History Announced in 1990, the RS/6000 replaced the RT PC. Marketing. "ORION for AIX provides a compelling solution backed by focused support that addresses the availability needs of our System p customers." The ORION for AIX GUI, ORION Navigator, allows quick and simple configuration, management and monitoring of ORION for AIX, and is also common to Vision's full line of unique high availability solutions for i5/OS, Windows and Linux so users can easily manage availability in a multiplatform environment from a single control point, using a single set of skills. Offered in two versions, ORION for AIX is suitable for all AIX environments and is particularly suited to SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. applications, delivering the productivity demanded by organizations with limited staffs and budgets. Operating external to the AIX kernel, ORION for AIX is simple to implement and maintain, and does not require Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) during implementation or when upgrading either it or AIX. ORION SD for AIX ORION SD for AIX is an application availability solution that uses shared disk technology to help prevent downtime due to unplanned system failure or scheduled maintenance operations. ORION SD for AIX provides application continuity by allowing users to switch between two AIX servers running in native mode or in partitions on one or two System i servers. The AIX servers or partitions are connected to a common storage tower or storage sub-system via SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , fibre or independent ASP (iASP). ORION SD monitors system health by recognizing not one, but multiple types of "heartbeats." Consequently, it accurately detects most causes of application unavailability and immediately initiates a fallover to a backup server A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. as required. It can also use e-mail, text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. or another form of electronic communication to notify an on-call technician. ORION Professional for AIX ORION Professional for AIX maintains data redundancy, with the option for off-site replication to prevent all types of planned and unplanned downtime. An optional Rollback feature allows users to maintain absolute synchronization between primary and backup data sources. ORION Professional for AIX provides a full-featured high availability solution that includes off-site data replication and fail-over-the-wire capabilities that can prevent almost all downtime, regardless of the cause. It maintains a fully functional, up-to-date copy of your data and provides the ability to automatically fallover to a remote server should the need arise. Data replication ensures a sound base of redundant data for recovery purposes. Application architects and system administrators can easily customize the configuration of the logical volumes that are mirrored over a LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or WAN. ORION Professional for AIX facilitates near real-time, block-level data replication from the primary site to a remote site. Replication can be performed in full-sync mode, fully replicating the content of a primary storage device to its remote off-site peer, or in quick-sync mode, selectively replicating the partial remote peer. The fallover capabilities of ORION Professional for AIX provide the basis for a speedy recovery from any primary-site outage. About Vision Solutions Vision Solutions (www.visionsolutions.com) provides high availability (HA) solutions to the Global 5000, and has achieved recognition and earned the respect of technologists and business leaders around the globe as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Premier Business Partner, pioneering many technology innovations with IBM. The industry leader for over 15 years in System i HA, Vision Solutions also provides complete HA solutions for System p AIX including ORION for AIX, and its ORION for Linux supports Linux on all eServer platforms. Vision Solutions is based in Irvine, Calif., and is a member of the publicly traded IDION group of companies (JSE JSE See: Johannesburg Stock Exchange : IDI IDI ICC (International Cricket Conference) Development International Conference) IDI Israel Democracy Institute IDI I Doubt It IDI Initial Domain Identifier IDI In-Depth Interview ). |
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