Near-continuous application availability with advanced failure detection, failover and recovery capabilities

IBM® PowerHA® technology positions you to deploy an HA solution that addresses storage and high availability requirements with one integrated configuration, with a simplified user interface. IBM® Power® is committed to investing in—and bringing to market—solutions designed to keep your IT environments resilient.

IBM PowerHA technology is available in either a Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition for IBM® AIX® or IBM i. With IBM i 7.5, PowerHA for IBM i will be offered as a single product that covers both the Standard and Enterprise Edition function.

Features

• **Host-based replication: **Perform failover operations to private or public cloud configurations with IBM PowerHA with GLVM or geographic mirroring replication.
• **Automation: **Manage your cluster from a single pane of glass. Smart assists allow for easier, out-of-the-box high availability setup and application management.
• **Clustering technology: **Orchestrate cluster operations for either simple shared storage configurations and/or multi-site configurations.
• **Economic value: **PowerHA for on-premises deployments are licensed per processor core, with a one-time charge, first year of software maintenance is included.
• **Highly autonomous: **PowerHA requires requires minimal administrative involvement. It replaces logical replication for more reliable, efficient and easy-to-use solutions.
• **Integrated IBM SAN storage: **Power HA for IBM i incorporates either the IBM DS8000® or the Flash Systems Storage into the HA/DR cluster.

Benefits 

• **Monitor availability: **Detect and report system health, performance and problems.
• **Manage availability: **Eliminate both planned and unplanned outages.
• **Multisite configurations: **Configurations are designed to prove disaster recovery capability.