Business Continuity High Availability
“Unexpected downtime can happen to even the extraordinarily reliable IBM iSeries/AS400 costing $10,000 – $100,000 per hour of lost revenue. Until recently, only big, rich companies could afford the pricey HA solutions that could cost $100,000 to $1,000,000 or more. Now, breakthrough technology makes High Availability affordable for any small to medium-sized enterprise”
- Maxava – Enterprise Strength Disaster Recovery for IBM i
- Maxava Success Stories
- Data Security Breaches
Disaster Recovery
Recent little known changes mean…
High Availability for Mission Critical AS400 Applications Now Affordable To ALL Businesses
Despite the System i (iSeries/AS400) reputation for never crashing, unforeseen disasters can still happen. And when you have mission critical applications, “high availability” is essential. In the past, high availability was only affordable by the big RICH companies because the cost of a second AS400, this specialized HA software, the implementation, the training and the ongoing support could easily exceed $500,000 +.
High Availability Prices Slashed 94%
Now, that is a thing of the past. The Remote Journaling High Availability software starts at $6,000 – this is a fraction of what the big HA boys charge for annual support. Plus the dramatic decline in the price for System i (both new and used) and the decreasing cost of communication bandwidth, the total cost of HA is tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars less than just a few years ago.
High Availability is a “MUST”. Not a “Should” in The New Millennium
Not having HA can not only wreak havoc on your operations and revenue stream but it also is rapidly becoming a customer demand for doing business with you! Here are a few real life stories that bring this point home:
A regional truck dealership with multiple retail and repair facilities does about $100,000 per day just in repairs. Several years ago their AS400 server lost a hard drive and it was down for 3 days – even with IBM maintenance! This company’s managements figure that 3 days delay in billings – $300,000 – can easily justify $6,000 of Remote Journaling High Availability software to send backup data in real time from their new i5 to their older AS400 server at a remote location.
The IT director of a major cola bottler smelled smoke in her office – there was a fire next door. Fortunately, there was no disaster. But it got her thinking how vulnerable her System i could be from a disaster like a fire and how mission critical her System i is to her business.
Smart Businesses Get It
Smart businesses understand how critical it is to protect there critical assets. And now that HA is so affordable it makes the decision a no brainer. Here’s what some smart businesses are doing:
A regional retailer supports its chain of point of sales from a centralized iSeries. Management has determined that this POS application is mission critical – 1) it is primarily for the customer experience to have a reliable POS check out experience, and 2) collecting the revenue is essential for the business. Consequently, HA is part of their growth plans.
In 2001, a $20 million distributor of office products migrated from a UNIX-based system to an IBM System i to support his growing business and support a new eBusiness web site. Before the iSeries, this owner was doing under 10% of this business over the web. Within a year after he migrated to the iSeries, he increased his company’s business to 28% over his web site – which he attributes largely to the reliability of his iSeries. By 2005, this office products business owner is doing 46.8% of his business over the web – and HA is now critical because his web site cannot go down.
“60 Second Assessment” Determine if you should consider HA for your business?
Ask yourself
- What will it cost me if my system is down for 2-3 days (that is about the average time it takes from the time of a disk crash for a maintenance organization to replace the drive and your IT team to restore the system and get back up and running)?
- What is the cost of lost or deferred revenue?
- What is the cost of lost sales?
- What is the cost of idle employees?
- Do you have any financials exposure?
- Do you have insurance or compliance requirements?
- How will your customer service be impacted with your computer inoperative for 2-3 days?
- What is the worst case scenario in the event of a disaster (storm, earthquake, fire, etc.) that could shut down your primary IT location for 1-2+ weeks? How am I prepared for that?
- What would happen if my primary system were non-functional for 1-3 days due to a “people error” (i.e. application software upgrade glitch, OS version upgrade bug, “oops” I just wiped out the system, etc. – FACT: operator error accounts for 60% of system down time)?
If you can see where any one of these possible situations can realistically cost your company more than $50,000, you can justify HA for your business (be sure to consider direct and the indirect costs).
So Why Should You Consider Remote Journaling High Availability Among All The Other Options?
Quite simply, it is hands down the best solution on the market – even if it is the most inexpensive HA solution as well.
And just look who they include as customers:
| Allied Domecq Wines NZ | Bank of Maldives | Behr of America |
| Bendon New Zealand | Best & Less Australia | Carroll Fulmer Logistic. |
| McHenry County | Gustave A Larson Co. | Commonwealth Bank of Bahamas LKH |
| Newell Rubbermaid | Norman Krieger | Penn. Millers Mutual |
| Sketchers | Telecom New Zealand | The Stock Exchange of Milan |
| Unified Alloys | Wattyl Paints Australia | Webber Bar-B-Que |
| Western Overseas |
And most of these big names switched to Remote Journaling High Availability from the other, more established (and more expensive HA vendors) because Remote Journaling High Availability is simply that much better – a better product that was substantially easier to use and maintain. What also made the decision easy to switch is that Remote Journaling High Availability was less than what these customers had paid for maintenance to the established HA vendors.
I urge you to call NOW
Don’t wait and gamble that you are vulnerable from 2-3 days of downtime. With Remote Journaling High Availability’s low cost, superior technology and the low cost of hardware and communication bandwidth, you can protect your business from unexpected downtime NOW. We’ll give you the straight scoop and help you determine if HA is right for your business in less than 7 minutes – I promise!
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