Traditional managed hosting providers can provide you with the hardware, but INetU goes a step further by giving your business access to expert system architecture consultants.
From your initial consultation with a Solutions Consultant through the continued growth of your organization, every step of the way our experts guide you through developing an appropriate, cost-effective system architecture.
Setting up a cluster is the one of the best options to ensure high availability of an application, typically a database. INetU's systems architecture services can help configure a cluster so that your users can always have reliable access to important applications.
The right clustering solution for your organization depends on a number of factors:
One option is to create an active/passive cluster configuration that does not have a shared data source. In these configurations, one server—the active server—acts as a single resource; the other servers act as warm standbys, or passive servers. If the active server stops responding, an available passive server will failover and become the active server.
Other options can make use of a single shared disk array. A number of node servers are configured to monitor one another. The cluster is then enabled with a virtual IP address, which is used to access the application. With this cluster there are two settings:
Adding scalability to your systems architecture means that extra servers or additional hardware power can be added on-demand without downtime. Some methods to add scalability to your site include:
In both cases an additional server can be configured and added when needed without having to take your site offline, increasing the capacity of your site. It may even give your systems architecture a performance boost!