Ultraspeed has launched theDiscless Server System (DSS)
platform,which removes the need for hard
discs on customer servers. It uses a storage area network (San) to
provide the operating system, applications and data
storage.
Customers already using the DSS service include 2View Group,
which runs ViewLondon.co.uk, and online brokerage Primrose Mortgage
Processing.
With the new system, Ultraspeed said customers could be
confident that
business critical data “will always be
available”.
Ultraspeed’s DSS servers “boot” from the San via fast gigabit
Ethernet connections. All data is continually replicated across the
San, and should an individual San hard disc fail, it is swapped out
and the replacement is automatically populated with data without
the customer being affected.
This approach is in contrast to traditional server environments
in which hard disc failure can result in the server being knocked
out completely, while the disc is replaced and repopulated with
data from the last backup.
Jonathan Midgley, CTO at Primrose Mortgage Processing, said, “As
an online brokerage, speed and reliability are critical and
Ultraspeed’s DSS provides exactly that.
“The extremely quick processing speed of DSS means we can turn
around quotes for customers quicker than our competitors, and we
are satisfied that Ultraspeed has implemented a technology step
change in offering the most reliable hosted server package on the
market.”
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