Availability

In IT, availability is simply an expression of the fact that a system is ready to use. Some systems - like the BACS financial transfer system used by banking organisations - are mission-critical.
They must be ready for use at all times for organisations to work. For systems like these, high-availability solutions, where extra investment has been made to avoid failure and downtime are essential.

High Availabilty for Windows

LifeKeeper

SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linux offers application-focused data replication, high availability clustering and disaster recovery solutions. SteelEye LifeKeeper enables enterprises of all sizes to ensure continuous availability of business-critical applications, servers and data. Steeleye LifeKeeper
SteelEye LifeKeeper offers enterprise-grade reliability while simplifying implementation with certified solutions for a wide range of applications and databases running on Windows and Linux, including Exchange, Apache, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL and others.

Double Take

Double-Take protects data and applications enabling your business to protect mission-critical data that resides throughout your enterprise. It combines continuous real-time backup and automatic failover capabilities for disaster recovery, high availability, and centralised backup. Double Take

Double-Take is Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 certified at all levels and can be used to ensure availability of services such as mail, web and database servers.