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Expanded High Availability Offerings

In an effort to expand the reach of our core high-availability stack, A-Team Systems formally announces three additional layout options for clients to...

Published
March 2, 2015
Publisher
Adam Strohl
Type
Company Update

Expanded High Availability Offerings

In an effort to expand the reach of our core high-availability stack, A-Team Systems formally announces three additional layout options for clients to choose from when picking which architecture is right for their sites and applications.

This complete layout offering delivers a great range of balanced options for entry-level systems, while improving high-end clustering capabilities as well. The new list of available layouts is as follows:

  • Replicated Pair: Our entry-level setup consisting of two servers. Web traffic is load-balanced across the two servers if sites work with periodic replication; otherwise, they act as a master/backup pair. Works well for all types of sites. Scaling involves upgrading to a Replicated Cluster or NAS Backed Cluster layout.
  • NAS Backed Pair: A step up from our entry level setup, consisting of two web servers in a load-balanced pair talking to a redundant NAS system. All data is always synchronized across all servers. Good for load-balancing sites that have dynamically user-uploaded content or other files that need to be instantly and consistently available to all web servers. Scaling involves upgrading to a Replicated Cluster or NAS Backed Cluster layout.
  • Replicated Cluster: Fully scalable load-balanced clustering with private LAN, VPN, and dedicated monitoring server. Web servers replicate files at 30-minute intervals or when instructed to do so (i.e. when a site is deployed or modified). Good for sites that have all dynamic content inside the database and do not rely on immediate availability of user-uploaded files.
  • NAS Backed Cluster: Fully scalable load-balanced clustering with private LAN, VPN, and dedicated monitoring server. Web servers talk to a redundant NAS system and all data is always synchronized across all servers. Good for sites that have dynamically user-uploaded content or other files that need to be instantly and consistently available to all web servers.

Learn more about these layouts and see a complete feature comparison on our Server Scaling and High Availability page.

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