Virtualization for 24x7 Business
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6:00 |
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6:30 |
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9:00 |
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Continuous 24 hour operations have become the norm for business - like it or not. Virtualization, is much talked about in IT circles and is now more than just a fad. Come and see how these two ideas come together.
Join Scheffler Consulting and S.M. Internet Solutions for discussions and demonstrations of technologies that even an SMB can use for resilient and highly available IT services. We’ll be featuring storage virtualization software from DataCore Software, server virtualization and clustering from Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V R2, network load balancing hardware from F5 Networks and server hardware from Dell Servers.
We’ll demonstrate how you can create a cost effective, low maintenance SAN with virtually unlimited expansion potential as well as show how one transportation company is using the Virtually Continuous Business model and making it’s IT services highly available and fully redundant.
Details:
In today’s 24-hour work day, businesses rely on technology to deliver timely products and services to their customers. Any down time - whether its email, accounting, ERP, the company web site or a web storefront - means revenue loss. As such, companies, both large and small, are constantly looking for ways to safely and securely ensure that their data, applications and services are highly available and resilient to failure all at an affordable price.
Enter the Virtually Continuous Business, a high availability (HA) architecture allowing for easy setup, configuration and maintenance of data, IT services and infrastructure. The added benefit of the HA also allows companies to test their business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans at any time. The solution, developed by Scheffler Consulting and S.M. Internet Solutions, helps ensure that the three main components of any IT system are built to be resilient and provide HA in accordance with the companies BC and DR plans:
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Network Connectivity: Load balancing ensures the network is designed to maintain connectivity in the event of an outage.
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Server Virtualization: Operating systems are removed from the reliance on specific hardware.
- Storage Virtualization: The data – the proprietary information that drives the business – is easily replicated and securely stored in multiple locations.
In this presentation, Scheffler Consulting and S.M. Internet Solutions come together to show and discuss the Virtually Continuous Business and the yourVCB.ca portal where you can learn more about the solution and how it can work for you.
Part one of the presentation will highlight a particular implementation for a transportation company who’s need require its email, ERP and other systems to be running 24x7 in order to maintain a cross-Canada supply chain for its customers. This solution is built using hardware from Dell, networking equipment from Dell and F5 Networks and storage virtualization software from DataCore Software.
Part two of the presentation will highlight how to cost effectively create your own SAN that has virtually unlimited expansion potential. This solution is built using any server grade hardware and storage virtualization software from DataCore Software.
By leveraging these products along with Microsoft HyperV R2 across multiple servers in multiple locations, the Virtually Continuous Business solution removes any single point of failure. Companies can now safely, securely and efficiently replicate their IT and data environments across the room, across the building, across the city or even across the country.
Presenters:
Peter Scheffler
Mark Seniow
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