Continentalclusters Version A.08.00 Release Notes, September 2010 (T2346-90014)

Continentalclusters Product Features
The Continentalclusters product has the following basic features:
• Continentalclusters works with any type of data replication. A set of guidelines
for integrating your data replication technology can be found in Chapter 2 of the
Designing Disaster Recovery HA Clusters Using Metrocluster and Continentalclusters
guide available at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs.
Continentalclusters provides a pre-integrated data replication solution using HP
StorageWorks Continuous Access XP, Continuous Access EVA or EMC SRDF with
the separately purchased products Metrocluster Continuous Access XP,
Metrocluster Continuous Access EVA, and Metrocluster with EMC SRDF. An
alternative to using the pre-integrated data replication solution a customer-selected
data replication solution can be chosen by following the integration guidelines.
• A recovery pair in a Continentalclusters consists of one primary cluster and one
recovery cluster. One or more recovery pairs can be configured in a continental
cluster with a common recovery cluster. Failover of a specific package occurs in
one direction from the primary cluster to the recovery cluster. Each data center
can serve as both primary and recovery cluster for different packages. In the
cascading failover configuration, the primary cluster can be a metropolitan cluster
using EMC SRDF or Continuous Access XP.
• Logical data replication is also possible using the Oracle Standby Database.
Template files and additional information are included in the Oracle Standby
Database portion of the Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit product (a separately
purchased product). Other customer-selected logical data replication solutions
can be implemented as well.
• Cluster monitoring is carried out over LAN or WAN connections. Use any LAN
or WAN connection; however, some data replication methods may require high
speed connections such as T1, T3, E3/ES or ATM leased lines or switched lines.
Support for IPv6 Protocol
Starting with version A.08.00, primary and recovery clusters in Continentalclusters can
be configured with IPv6 address. Additionally, notifications provided for cluster events
can use an IPv6 address.
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