What’s even more important than a good tech stack? A reliable HA practice!

⇨ High Availability (HA) is essential for protecting data in ERP systems because it can ensure uninterrupted access to critical business applications even during disruptions.

⇨ The complexity of implementing HA is increasing due to diverse applications in ERP systems, along with challenges such as budget constraints and staffing shortages.

⇨ Automated multitarget disaster recovery solutions, like SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux, can simplify HA deployment and operation in SAP HANA environments, enabling organizations to maintain data integrity without complex scripting.

With new technology and capabilities emerging today, the data stored in ERP systems is constantly expanding. Because of that, there comes the need to protect that data and an understanding of the complexities around that process. One of the ways to do that is by developing and maintaining high availability (HA), which is a system’s ability to operate without interruption for a prolonged time. According to experts, HA is a highly important method for protecting and saving user data because even in the event of a disruption, it allows companies to access their data resources and critical business applications, protecting them from revenue loss. 

However, due to the variety of applications currently used in ERP systems, it is becoming increasingly complicated to develop protective measures such as HA, especially with organizations facing challenging budgets, staffing shortages and limited resources. And while HA can be achieved with the help of open-source OS vendors, those external solutions still require a great deal of manual scripting to ensure the various dependencies and application-specific requirements are accommodated and that operations can continue according to SAP best practices post-failover. 

Additionally, with the emergence of cloud technology, this is an even more tedious task. Cloud HA service-level agreements (SLAs) cover hardware but the end user is responsible for protecting the many software-related sources of downtime. In addition, it can be a challenge to find staff with a deep understanding of cloud computing. ERP systems, such as SAP HANA, are overly complex, and adding the complexity of cloud infrastructure – with significant differences in networking and storage – is even more challenging.

So, what is there to do to tackle that complexity? One answer lies in software, specifically designed to deploy automated multitarget disaster recovery. An example of that is software offered by SIOS Technology Corp., an expert and provider of HA for applications, databases and file storage. The company offers SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux, which is designed to simplify the complexity of HA/DR in the SAP HANA environment through advanced automation of both the failover and HSR management processes. 

The software comes with modules called application recovery kits (ARKs) that provide application-specific automation and intelligence, enabling automated multitarget clustering. With no complex scripting required, the software is quick to perform and embeds SAP HANA services to ensure a reliable failover with the SAP handshake feature.

The primary feature of the software is that SIOS LifeKeeper simplifies the deployment and operation of highly available Linux clusters for SAP HANA and allows organizations to support failures without data loss, monitor their environment and build protections against regional and data center failure, either in the cloud or data center.

In a world where data means everything, disaster recovery stands as the priority for most organizations. Automated multitarget recovery software for SAP HANA, like the one offered by SIOS, can be the one solution for organizations seeking to establish a reliable high availability in their already complex tech stack.