High Availability Checklist

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Before you deploy your site, make sure you have planned for protecting against server failure using a combination of the following methods:

  • Geographically dispersed data centers.

  • Uninterruptible dual power supplies.

  • Data backups.

  • Clustered database servers. In Windows clustering, two servers sharing common data form a cluster that works as a single system. For more information, see Setting Up a Server Cluster.

  • Data replication. Microsoft SQL Server replication is used to ensure synchronization among the database servers for a site. SQL Server offers replication options that include snapshot replication and transactional replication. For more information, see Using SQL Server to Replicate Databases.

  • Network load-balanced clusters for Web servers. Network Load Balancing (NLB) provides availability and load balancing for Web (IIS/ASP-based) applications.

For more information about preventing site failure, see Planning for High Availability and the Commerce Server 2000 Resource Kit.


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