SafeKit offers two basic clusters:
Several application modules can be deployed on the same cluster. Thus, advanced clustering architectures can be implemented:
A high availability module is a customization of SafeKit for an application. There are two types of modules: the mirror module with real-time data replication and failover and the farm module with load balancing and failover.
In practice, an application module is a “.Safe” file (zip type) including:
1 - the configuration file userconfig.xml which contains:
2 - the scripts to start and stop the application.
Once an application module is configured and tested with an application, deployment requires no specific IT skills:
Evidian SafeKit mirror cluster with real-time file replication and failover | ||
All clustering features | ![]() |
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Synchronous replication | ![]() |
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Fully automated failback procedure | ![]() |
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Replication of any type of data | ![]() |
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File replication vs disk replication | ![]() |
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File replication vs shared disk | ![]() |
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Remote sites | ![]() |
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Quorum | ![]() |
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Active/active cluster | ![]() |
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Uniform high availability solution | ![]() |
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Evidian SafeKit farm cluster with load balancing and failover | ||
No load balancer or dedicated proxy servers or special multicast Ethernet address | ![]() |
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All clustering features | ![]() |
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Remote sites | ![]() |
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Uniform high availability solution | ![]() |
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High availability architectures comparison | ||
Feature | SafeKit cluster | Other clusters |
Software clustering vs hardware clustering More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Shared nothing vs a shared disk cluster More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Application High Availability vs Full Virtual Machine High Availability More information... | ![]() ![]() Smooth upgrade of application and OS possible server by server (version N and N+1 can coexist) | ![]() ![]() Smooth upgrade not possible |
High availability vs fault tolerance | ![]() ![]() Software failure with restart in another OS environment. Smooth upgrade of application and OS possible server by server (version N and N+1 can coexist) | ![]() ![]() Software exception on both servers at the same time. Smooth upgrade not possible |
Synchronous replication vs asynchronous replication More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Byte-level file replication vs block-level disk replication More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Heartbeat, failover and quorum to avoid 2 master nodes More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Network load balancing More information... | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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