Maximum Availability unveils new HA and
DR strategy

As seen in - IT JUNGLE
by Alex Woodie

They’re Finally Here... A separation of powers that can enable an
HA /DR solution for "any" company (no matter how large or small). New Zealand based Maximum Availability is completeing the worldwide roll-out of a new suite of high availability and disaster recovery products for System i servers.

From what was once a single product, called *noMAX, there are now three siblings in the *noMAX family, including *noMAX sentry, *noMAX defender, and *noMAX garrison. Each delivers a specific level of high availability, and is designed to more closely fit the specific needs of a range of System i shops.

Maximum Availability decided to offer *noMAX as three separate products with varying levels of capabilities to make it easier for customers to start implementing high availability. While the cost of high availability has plummeted in recent years, thanks in large part to products like *noMAX and others that are based on remote journaling, company officials think the price needs to come down even further, if high availability is to break out of its high-end niche and become a volume business.