Key Features of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software

The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product provides the following features:

• Failure detection of multiple clusters that are geographically separated

• Configurable heartbeat monitoring between clusters

• Application resource switchover from one cluster to another cluster

• Remote management of partner clusters through a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command-line interface (CLI)

• Data replication between geographically separated clusters

• Secure administration interfaces through role-based access control (RBAC)

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication and encryption for communication between nodes or clusters

• Configurable IPsec security for data replication between clusters and for heartbeat communication between clusters

• Ability to automatically run a script when a heartbeat-loss notification is issued

The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software provides tools for managing data replication between geographically separated clusters. The software supports the following data replication products:

• Sun StorEdge^TM Availability Suite

• Sun StorageTek^TMAvailability Suite

• Hitachi TrueCopy

• Hitachi Universal Replicator

• EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility

The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software supports Oracle Real Application Clusters with Hitachi TrueCopy and Universal Replicator software.

The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product provides highly available services within a cluster by utilizing Sun Cluster resource management features.