Delivering high availability and disaster tolerance

Business continuity is essential to profitability and competitiveness. High availability (HA) and disaster tolerance (DT) are the IT elements that contribute to business continuity. The harm caused by only a few seconds of system downtime can be gauged on a scale ranging from inconvenience to bankruptcy to the loss of human life. Table 1 displays the cost of downtime per minute across a range of environments.

Business continuity is essential to profitability and competitiveness. High availability (HA) and disaster tolerance (DT) are the IT elements that contribute to business continuity. The harm caused by only a few seconds of system downtime can be gauged on a scale ranging from inconvenience to bankruptcy to the loss of human life. Table 1 displays the cost of downtime per minute across a range of environments.

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