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VM HA vs. Application HA: Choose Your Redundancy Level with SafeKit

SafeKit Proposes Both SANless VM-Level and Application-Level High Availability

VM HA vs Application HA

VM HA with the SafeKit Hyper-V or KVM module Application HA with SafeKit application modules
SafeKit inside 2 hypervisors

VM HA

SafeKit replication and failover of full VM

SafeKit inside 2 virtual or physical machines

Application HA

SafeKit replication and failover at application level

Replicates more data (App+OS) Replicates only application data
Reboot of VM on hypervisor 2 if hypervisor 1 crashes
Recovery time = time to reboot the VM
Failover if a VM crashes
Quick recovery time with restart of App on OS2 if crash of server 1
Around 1 mn or less (see RTO/RPO here)
Advanced application checker and software failover
Define the location of the VM files folder where the application is installed. Generic solution for any application / OS Define services to restart, application folders to replicate, a virtual IP address for failover inside an application module
The solution works with Hyper-V and KVM but not with VMware (except by nesting Hyper-V or KVM inside VMware) The solution works in any infrastructure (physical servers, VMware Hyper-V KVM virtual machines, cloud...)

SafeKit vs Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster & VMware HA

SafeKit with the Hyper-V module or the KVM module Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster & VMware HA
SafeKit with Hyper-V VMware HA and Hyper-V cluster

Note that SafeKit solutions are the simplest to implement but are limited to replication of a few Tera-bytes and failover of 32 VMs.

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Resource Type Description Direct Link
Key Features Why Choose SafeKit for Simple and Cost-Effective High Availability? See Why Choose SafeKit for High Availability
Deployment Model All-in-One SANless HA: Shared-Nothing Software Clustering See SafeKit All-in-One SANless HA
Partners SafeKit: The Benchmark in High Availability for Partners See Why SafeKit Is the HA Benchmark for Partners
HA Strategies SafeKit: Infrastructure (VM) vs. Application-Level High Availability See SafeKit HA & Redundancy: VM vs. Application Level
Technical Specifications Technical Limitations for SafeKit Clustering See SafeKit High Availability Limitations
Proof of Concept SafeKit: High Availability Configuration & Failover Demos See SafeKit Failover Tutorials
Architecture How the SafeKit Mirror Cluster works (Real-Time Replication & Failover) See SafeKit Mirror Cluster: Real-Time Replication & Failover
Architecture How the SafeKit Farm Cluster works (Network Load Balancing & Failover) See SafeKit Farm Cluster: Network Load Balancing & Failover
Competitive Advantages Comparison: SafeKit vs. Traditional High Availability (HA) Clusters See SafeKit vs. Traditional HA Cluster Comparison
Technical Resources SafeKit High Availability: Documentation, Downloads & Trial See SafeKit HA Free Trial & Technical Documentation
Pre-configured Solutions SafeKit Application Module Library: Ready-to-Use HA Solutions See SafeKit High Availability Application Modules