The Symfoware Server Lite Edition and Symfoware Server Standard Edition provide the standby feature of failover operation. The operation mode they support is 1:1 standby.
An overview of failover operation follows.
Definition of failover operation in Symfoware Server
Failover is a feature in cluster systems to transfer a job operating on a node to another one when an abnormality occurs on the node.
The operation for performing failover is referred to as failover operation.
The presence of failover operation in Symfoware Server allows highly available systems to be constructed.
Failover operation in Symfoware Server supports the standby feature.
When an abnormality occurs on a node, the standby feature activates the instance that is the standby system at the time of the switch, and transfers the job to it.
Operation mode of failover operation
The operation mode supported in failover operation in Symfoware Server is 1:1 standby.
1:1 standby is a mode in which one active system or standby system operates on one node. Because failover allows jobs to continue when an abnormality occurs in the active system, this mode allows highly reliable systems to be constructed.
