Marketing description

HPE Serviceguard for Linux x86 is high availability clustering software designed to protect applications and services from planned and unplanned downtime.
Serviceguard for Linux ensures 24 x 7 application availability by packaging an application or service with its associated resources, and moving that package to other servers as needed. Packages can be moved automatically when Serviceguard detects a failure in a resource, or manually in order to perform system maintenance or upgrades. By monitoring the health of each server (node) within a cluster, Serviceguard for Linux quickly responds to failures such as those that affect processes, memory, LAN media and adapters, disk, operating environments, and more.
Serviceguard for Linux also includes many out-of-the-box features that ensure scalability and allow intricate control over cluster configuration, and optimizes in-house expertise for businesses already running Serviceguard for HPE-UX. Application Integration Toolkits are also available, and serve to quickly integrate complex applications into a Serviceguard for Linux cluster. The Application Integration Toolkit portfolio includes the Serviceguard Toolkit for NFS and the Serviceguard Contributed Toolkit Suite which are available at no charge. In addition to high availability within a data center, the Serviceguard Solutions for Linux offers a powerful and comprehensive suite of disaster recovery solutions.

Key selling points

• Robust detection of faults in hardware and software
• Protects application access from local failures and full site outages
• Ensures data integrity with advanced features that protect critical assets
• Automatic restoration within seconds
• Effortless deployment of applications into a cluster
• Optimized for private cloud scalability
• Online rolling upgrades reduce planned downtime for maintenance and upgrades
• Use Live application Detach (LAD) feature to upgrade Serviceguard software or maintain heart beat network elements without application downtime
• Application integration toolkits quickly integrate complex applications into a high availability environment
• Common code-base with Serviceguard for HPE-UX leverages in-house expertise
• Intuitive cluster management included at no charge
• Full range of support and services for the entire solution deliver a single point of support and accountability
• Monitor any critical resource configured as a modular package using any generic or custom monitoring mechanism
• Emerging open-source standards used to ensure interoperability of cluster components
• Out-of-the-box enterprise features grow with your business
• Package dependencies & package balancing enable intricate control over cluster behavior

Product features

• Preserves data integrity
  It provides data protection with advanced cluster arbitration mechanisms that prevent data corruption.
• Increases availability
  HPE Serviceguard provides a higher level of availability by protecting your applications from a wide range of hardware, software, network, and storage errors.
• Easy to install and configure
  With predefined and informative cluster- and package-configuration templates, you'll get HPE Serviceguard up and running quickly.
• Fast and easy to replicate cluster configurations
  Editable ASCII configuration files enable simple customization and replication.
• Solid investment protection
  By supporting HPE 9000 servers, HPE Integrity servers, and HPE ProLiant servers, HPE Serviceguard gives you the ability to leverage your existing hardware, support your consolidation efforts, and ease the migration to newer platforms.
• Tested and certified toolkits
  Predefined scripts for databases and applications make it quick and easy for you to deploy complex high-availability configurations.
• Developers toolbox
  A range of tools included in HPE Serviceguard helps you expedite the process of developing scripts for your custom applications.
• No distance limitation
  Disaster tolerance and data replication are possible across partitions, nodes, and data centers. Furthermore, because there are no geographic limitations, your data centers can communicate across continents.
• Cluster file system support
  Application installation and ongoing management are simplified - especially for Oracle Real Application Cluster databases - plus you will experience significant I/O performance improvements.
• Synchronized configuration
  A set of tools is available to provide you with policy-based configuration management for Serviceguard clusters.
• Consolidated logging tools
  Serviceguard comes with centralized logging and advanced log-filtering features along with additional support so you can create a highly available log-consolidation server.