Database Mirroring Reduces Costs

High Availability StrategiesFor over three decades, applications built on InterSystems technologies have used less hardware and required less administration and less maintenance. Database Mirroring extends that ethos to High Availability (HA). Achieve the highest levels of database availability at lower cost and with a simpler-to-manage infrastructure.

The cost of system downtime can range from thousands to millions of dollars, depending on the type and length of outage and the type of system impacted. Availability is critical for economic success, and it is the goal of most organizations to provide maximum availability with minimum downtime, both planned (such as scheduled maintenance) and unplanned (such as software or hardware failure).

To highlight the potential savings, we compared three typical production configurations for a web-based hospital in both clustered and mirrored deployments. Learn moreLearn more



Implementing Database Mirroring:
Kettering Health Network

“InterSystems technology also made a difference when we unexpectedly lost power at our primary data center during the initial Ensemble production rollout process. The database mirroring capabilities of Ensemble allowed for continuous uptime of the Ensemble environment, which very rapidly failed over to an alternate data center.” said Bill Hudson, Director of Technology.
Implementing Database Mirroring:
Mylab Corporation

“We've done some extensive testing of CACHÉ Database Mirroring and plans are to use this technology as we begin the phased rollout of the new version of our Laboratory Information System product later this year,” said Jukka Kalliosari, Corporate Relations Manager at Mylab Corporation.

“We focus on helping clinicians throughout their daily work. This CACHÉ enhancement will minimize the need for planned downtime while maximizing our capability to deliver the level of high availability and disaster recovery that is so important for our customer base.”
Implementing Database Mirroring:
CareGroup Healthcare Systems

“Our tolerance of any system downtime has nearly reached the point where even planned downtime is unacceptable,” said Rob Hurst, Principal System Administrator at CareGroup Healthcare System, a Boston-based integrated delivery network.

“InterSystems truly understands the challenges of availability on a 24x365 basis. After field testing that has been 100 percent successful,” he continued, “we plan to implement Database Mirroring in 1Q11…it’s a total high-availability solution that is definitely cost-effective when compared to traditional approaches.”

What does mirroring do for you?