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Full-server workloads

Full-server workload protection provides high availability for an entire server, including the system state, which is the server's configured operating system and applications. You identify your source, which is the server you want to protect, and your target, which is the server that will stand-in for the source in the event the source fails. Once the two servers are selected and their configurations validated, Double-Take Availability monitors the source for a failure. When it fails, Double-Take Availability allows the target to stand-in for the source by rebooting and applying the source, including its system state, on the target. After the reboot, the target becomes the source, and the target no longer exists.

  1. The source data and the image of the source are mirrored and replicated to the target.
  2. The target monitors the source for failure.
  3. In the even the source fails, the source's system state is applied when the target is rebooted. After the reboot, the target is now the source, in both identity and with the source data.