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IT Orchestration vs. IT Automation: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

In the context of computing, container orchestration specifically refers to the management of containerized applications, where containers encapsulate an application and its dependencies, making it portable and scalable across different computing environments.

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Oracle Database Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution with Storage Snapshots

Pure Storage

With an ever-increasing dependency on data for all business functions and decision-making, the need for highly available application and database architectures has never been more critical. . Many databases use storage replication for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR). Business Data Loss and Corruption.

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Disaster Recovery Implementation: Four Key Steps to Success

Solutions Review

Step 6: Test the Plan – Use scheduled power outages or major upgrades as a chance to test the plan. You can recover from a failure by using clustering software to failover application operation from a primary server node to a secondary server node over a LAN. RTO is the maximum tolerable length of time of an outage.

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Decrease Recovery Time for Microsoft SQL Server Disasters with Pure Cloud Block Store in Microsoft Azure

Pure Storage

Higher availability: Synchronous replication can be implemented between two Pure Cloud Block Store instances to ensure that, in the event of an availability zone outage, the storage remains accessible to SQL Server. . Availability groups can be created to provide high availability, read scale, or disaster recovery. .

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

These may be different than the workarounds used in a non-cyber application outage. Critical documentation should be kept in a highly available state with the knowledge of how to access it being widely shared. It helps organizations identify gaps, train their teams, and respond effectively during outages.

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Pure Storage at VMware Explore 2022

Pure Storage

But these are less applicable than they once were because what we were really talking about was the application. And the application had a 1:1 relationship with a virtual machine. . (1) 1) VM = (1) application. A given VM always equaled the same application. One VM does not equal one application.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Uninterrupted IT Operations: Demystifying High Availability and Disaster Recovery

Zerto

In the challenging landscape of keeping your IT operations online all the time, understanding the contrasting methodologies of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) is paramount. Here, we delve into HA and DR, the dynamic duo of application resilience. What Is High Availability?