Although rare, a truly catastrophic disaster can occur at a computer site at any time. Whether it be a fire, an earthquake, an explosion, or simply a flood from a broken pipe, a disastrous event can take an entire computer system—or even all the systems at a data center—down. Unless carefully planned for, a disastrous event can severely impact the ability of businesses to serve customers.
In a vivid demonstration of how HP business-critical systems continue seamless processing—even during a real-world disaster—the company recently staged the ultimate business continuity test: HP simulated a catastrophe by blowing up more than US$1 million of its equipment to show how its business-critical systems perform flawlessly when recovering from disasters.
Performance continues without loss, duplication, or corruption of a single transaction
The ”Disaster Proof” simulation, administered by National Technical Systems (NTS) at its ballistics testing facility in Arkansas, shows how an HP Integrity NonStop system, coupled with an HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array, continued to process a high-throughput banking workload after the total destruction of the primary data center. The backup Integrity NonStop system performed without losing, duplicating, or corrupting a single transaction. Moreover, it was able to continue processing without any loss of performance. Four other HP business-critical systems were also tested with good results.
See the explosive video
To see the explosion with your own eyes, view a video of the ”Disaster Proof” simulation for a clear picture of the breadth, depth, and capability of HP disaster-tolerant solutions.
Simulation detailed in new white paper
The new white paper entitled Building a Disaster Proof Data Center with HP Integrity NonStop is also available to provide details of the Integrity NonStop server–based disaster-tolerant solution used in the simulated explosion. It also presents an overview of how Integrity NonStop servers and StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Arrays can extend existing NonStop capabilities for the ultimate in business continuity.
This news is published on NonStop Computing websites. June 2007.
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