SteelEye LifeKeeper

SIOS LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux
Initial release 1992
Development status Production
Operating system Linux and Microsoft Windows
Type Cluster messaging layer
License Proprietary
Website http://us.sios.com/products/Lifekeeper//

SIOS LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux is a high-availability cluster software, for Linux computer systems. It provides application cluster capabilities to systems running databases, file sharing on a network, electronic commerce websites, or other applications.

It was originally designed and developed by AT&T Bell Labs in 1992 to ensure high availability of their worldwide voice network system running on Unix-based Star Servers.[1] After AT&T divested the LifeKeeper division to NCR, SIOS, then called SteelEye, acquired the technology in 2000.[2] SteelEye was later acquired in 2006 by SIOS Technology Corp.

Description

High availability clusters (HAC) improve application availability by failing them over or switching them over in a group of systems—as opposed to High Performance Clusters, which improve application performance by running them on multiple systems simultaneously. LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux provides single node high availability protection for physical hosts and virtual machines. It protects applications running in VMware®, KVM and physical environments from downtime. LifeKeeper software integrates with the VMware application monitoring interface and adds application awareness and prescriptive intelligence to VMware HA for faster recovery times and complete application protection.

Similar products include Fujitsu PRIMECLUSTER, IBM HACMP, HP ServiceGuard, IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP), Linux-HA, Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), NEC ExpressCluster, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Veritas Cluster Server and Sun Cluster.


In 2009, the company launched a program enabling users of HP ServiceGuard, which HP stopped selling that year, to migrate to the LifeKeeper for Linux product. LifeKeeper has won the Best Clustering Solution Award at LinuxWorld on several occasions.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ James E.J. Bottomley; Paul Clements (November 5–10, 2001). "Managing Distributions from the Software Vendor’s Perspective" (pdf). Proceedings of the 5th Annual Linux Showcase & Conference. Oakland, California, USA. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  2. ↑ "SteelEye LifeKeeper product description". HA-CC. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  3. ↑ "The Envelope Please ......". SteelEye Blogs. October 13, 2005. Retrieved 2012-05-22. In August (2005) at LinuxWorld-San Francisco, LifeKeeper was co-winner of Best Clustering Solution.
  4. ↑ Kusnetzky, Dan (August 15, 2007). "SteelEye Awarded Best Clustering Solution at Linuxworld (2007)". ZD Net. Retrieved 2012-05-22.

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