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We performed a comparison between HPE Serviceguard and Windows Server Failover Clustering based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"HPE Serviceguard is stable, it has high availability for production.""The solution's scalability is excellent."

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"Some of the advantages, are it can give you the ability to choose.""The solution switches over to another server in case the server goes down.""The most valuable features of Windows Server Failover Clustering are the ISS, failover cluster, and DC.""The reliability is pretty good.""The product is stable.""The most valuable feature is the ability to easily create clusters supporting geo-redundancy."

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Cons
"They must keep the product up and running for a long time as it is currently static.""Many customers want virtualization or high availability but not on HPE Serviceguard with the appliance."

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"The standard, non-enterprise technical support could be improved.""They could drop the price or improve the cost of the hyper-converged component of it all. Right now, licensing is expensive and complex.""The stability is good, except for when something crashes or shuts down unexpectedly, then it can be a bit difficult to reestablish the service in a stable state.""The tool's pricing is high.""The product should be less dependent on network configuration.""There are times when we do the system security updates and have to restart the server which is difficult because we need to wait until the end of the day or when working hours are finished. There are service updates that have a requirement to restart the system and it is not convenient."

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  • "The solution is available at a high price. I rate it as a two for pricing."
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  • "The functionality is included in Windows Server licences."
  • "We are on an annual license to use this solution."
  • "So if you acquire the Windows server license, you will also get all of the Windows services licenses."
  • "I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's scalability is excellent.
    Top Answer:They should continue with the certificate for the consequent year as well. They must keep the product up and running for a long time as it is currently static. There are a lot of challenges as well… more »
    Top Answer:I recommend the solution to others as it is a good solution. I rate it as an eight.
    Top Answer:There is no extra charge except a service fee for some professional work. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
    Top Answer:The solution uses external storage, while third-party solutions don't use external storage. They're using a mirror to create a partition on each server and synchronize the data in the background. It's… more »
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    Also Known As
    Serviceguard, HP Serviceguard
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    Overview
    HPE Serviceguard is a high availability and disaster recovery clustering solution, that increases uptime for your critical applications by protecting from a multitude of infrastructure and application faults across physical or virtual environments over any distance. It reduces impact of unplanned downtime with no compromise on data integrity and performance. Furthermore, it helps achieve near zero planned downtime for maintenance.
    Windows Server Failover Clustering provides infrastructure features that support the high-availability and disaster recovery scenarios of hosted server applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange. If a cluster node or service fails, the services that were hosted on that node can be automatically or manually transferred to another available node in a process known as failover.
    Sample Customers
    RI-Solution, FAW-Volkswagen, Pella, Octo Telematics, Kenya Ports Authority
    Karl-Franzens-Universit_t Graz, NAV CANADA, Magnachip, ólectricit_ de France, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Bank Alfalah Ltd., Local Government Association of Queensland
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Healthcare Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company43%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Security Firm14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM PowerHA System Mirror vs. Windows Server Failover Clustering
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    HPE Serviceguard is ranked 5th in High Availability Clustering with 2 reviews while Windows Server Failover Clustering is ranked 1st in High Availability Clustering with 8 reviews. HPE Serviceguard is rated 0.0, while Windows Server Failover Clustering is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Serviceguard writes " The solution's most valuable feature is the ability to create a Mount Point Package ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server Failover Clustering writes "A highly stable and scalable solution that is affordable and easy to deploy". HPE Serviceguard is most compared with Veritas InfoScale Availability, DRBD and IBM PowerHA System Mirror, whereas Windows Server Failover Clustering is most compared with IBM PowerHA System Mirror, Veritas InfoScale Availability and DRBD.

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