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"It integrates well with other solutions."

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

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"It could be more stable and more secure."

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"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.""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."

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  • "Our clients pay for licensing on a yearly basis."
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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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    InfoScale Availability, Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas InfoScale, Veritas VCS, InfoScale
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    Overview

    Veritas InfoScale is a workload-centric storage virtualization solution that abstracts applications from their underlying infrastructure, enabling enterprise-grade functionality around business continuity, performance optimization, orchestration and agility.

    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
    Wayne State University, Zenith Mart
    Karl-Franzens-Universit_t Graz, NAV CANADA, Magnachip, ólectricit_ de France, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Bank Alfalah Ltd., Local Government Association of Queensland
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Security Firm14%
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    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Veritas InfoScale Availability is ranked 3rd in High Availability Clustering while Windows Server Failover Clustering is ranked 1st in High Availability Clustering with 8 reviews. Veritas InfoScale Availability is rated 8.0, while Windows Server Failover Clustering is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Veritas InfoScale Availability writes "It provides a stable SAP environment, but deployment does require someone with experience". 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". Veritas InfoScale Availability is most compared with HPE Serviceguard, IBM PowerHA System Mirror and DRBD, whereas Windows Server Failover Clustering is most compared with IBM PowerHA System Mirror, DRBD and HPE Serviceguard.

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