QNAP Introduces Dual-NAS System for Uninterrupted Business Operations with High Availability
QNAP Unveils High Availability Solution for Enhanced Business Resilience
QNAP Systems, Inc. has officially released a High Availability (HA) solution, designed to offer enterprise-level uptime with cost-effective deployment for organizations of all sizes.
The new solution, complemented by QNAP's ES series enterprise NAS with Active-Active dual-controller architecture, is supported by a wide range of QuTS hero NAS. This robust infrastructure spans storage and networking, empowering businesses to enhance IT resilience.
According to Andy Yu, Product Manager at QNAP, the growing IT complexity necessitates uninterrupted access to critical services. With QNAP's HA solution, businesses can ensure continuous service availability and minimized downtime for business-critical applications.
The solution achieves this by clustering two NAS devices to function as active and standby nodes. If the active node fails, the standby node immediately takes over, maintaining seamless access to services and data.
Key features and benefits of QNAP's HA solution include:
- Automatic failover and failback: In case of hardware or system failure on the active node, the HA cluster automatically switches services to the standby node, minimizing service disruption.
- Rolling software updates: QNAP’s QuTS MEGA system applies software updates node-by-node, allowing the cluster to maintain service availability throughout updates.
- Workload redundancy: Support for configuring multiple pod replicas and workload distribution further enhances fault tolerance and ensures high performance and reliability during hardware or software maintenance.
- Consistent performance and service continuity: By maintaining service availability during planned maintenance and unplanned failures, businesses experience reduced interruptions and improved operational stability.
- Integration with enterprise storage and AI workloads: QNAP NAS systems support petabyte-scale storage and high throughput, enabling enterprises to run advanced, latency-sensitive applications like AI models at the edge, which benefit from HA to ensure uninterrupted processing.
The High Availability solution is based on successful beta testing and positive market reception. It is intended to help businesses maintain a competitive edge by offering robust, automated protection against downtime. The solution is designed for use across various industries and provides uninterrupted operations with greater flexibility and cost-efficiency for businesses of all sizes.
For more information about QNAP's comprehensive high availability solutions, please visit: https://www.qnap.com/go/solution/high-availability.
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Technology plays a crucial role in QNAP's High Availability solution, as it incorporates advanced features like automatic failover and rolling software updates to ensure uninterrupted access to critical services in data-and-cloud-computing environments.
Businesses can leverage QNAP's technology to achieve enhanced resilience, as the High Availability solution offers a cost-effective way to maintain service availability and minimize downtime for business-critical applications.
