WhipTail Integrates Synchronous and Asynchronous High-Availability

WhipTail Tech, a manufacturer of enterprise solid-state SAN appliances, announced its Synchronous and Asynchronous High-Availability (HA) code, which enables enterprises to decrease datacenter footprint and costs without sacrificing performance or data protection.

The company also announced the rebranding of the Datacenter XLR8r. Formerly know as the Racerunner, this purpose built solid-state storage appliance reduces delays related to disk contention and access times – allowing database servers to process more data in less time, all while realizing a significant ROI. Utilizing WhipTail’s Racerunner Operating System (RROS), this eco-friendly 2U appliance dramatically improves performance in applications like Microsoft Exchange, SQL, Oracle and OLTP.

While there is overwhelming interest in solid-state technology in general, the transition to SSD-based SANs on an enterprise storage level has been slow, mostly due to the perception of price-point. "In almost every scenario, the price points for broader uses of solid-state are out of range for most enterprises to consider. With the Datacenter XLR8r, we’ve had clients in production for two years running mission critical applications and replacing six fully loaded racks of hard-disk drive storage with one Datacenter WhipTail SAN, saving on both the upfront CAPEX and ongoing OPEX hit for space, power, cooling and management," said James Candelaria, WhipTail CTO.

WhipTail’s HA solution is available in two flavors
Synchronous and Asynchronous:

• With Synchronous HA, customers receive the High Availability / Disaster Recovery Package with two appliances and connect them via dual 10 GB Ethernet interfaces for replication and heartbeat, and both operate as primary nodes, meaning devices that support multipathing may write to either appliance at any time.
• Asynchronous HA involves the replication of two devices that are geographically dispersed, allowing customers to have a separate copy of their data in a remote datacenter for disaster recovery reasons. Operationally, asynchronous replication is transparent to the end user and will involve making the XLR8r in the datacenter location the primary node. In the event of disaster, the remote peer can be turned into a primary storage device, accepting read and write requests.

"It’s a well-known fact that the amount of data large organizations accumulate and work with daily is quite substantial, and much of this data is critical to the well being of the organization and its customers, partners, etc.," said Candelaria. "In providing both a synchronous and asynchronous high-availability option, WhipTail helps cover all the bases by ensuring access to data continuously being accessed by employees and customers, as well as providing a reliable off-site backup solution."

WhipTail’s HA solution will be available this September, and its Datacenter XLR8r and Virtual Desktop XLR8r will both support the HA/DR package. Pricing for the solution will start at $15,000.