1. Clusters Provide Necessary HA Protection for International Marketer to Deploy SAP in Azure
“SIOS DataKeeper provided the configuration flexibility and high availability protection we needed to deploy our business-critical SAP/Microsoft SQL Server operations in Microsoft Azure.”
– Andrew Goodin, global manager information services, Zespri International
SITUATION
One of the world’s largest marketers of kiwifruit, Zespri International, relies on a large SAP and SQL infrastructure to manage its operations in more than 53 countries. Zespri sought to move its SAP operations to a cloud solution that offered flexibility and scalability. To meet the service levels required by its SAP operations, the company also needed software to seamlessly achieve high availability for this critical application.
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV:
SIOS Technology Corp.
WEB SITE:
LOCATION: San Mateo, CA, USA
ORG SIZE: 150 employees
MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE:
An essential ingredient in any cluster, SIOS software adds the flexibility to build clusters the user’s way to protect Windows or Linux environments – and any combination of physical, virtual and cloud storage.
SOLUTION
Zespri moved its SAP operations to Microsoft Azure, and the company chose SIOS DataKeeper software that quickly and easily deploys SANless clustering within Azure. Zespri’s infrastructure is one of the largest SAP deployments in Azure worldwide, comprising more than 32 nodes running on large Microsoft SQL Server databases. SIOS DataKeeper enables the use of Windows Failover Clustering on Azure Virtual Machines without a SAN to achieve the HA and DR protection of critical SAP Central Services servers across Microsoft Azure fault domains.
BENEFITS
Microsoft Azure scalability and flexibility ensure Zespri’s business-critical SAP Central Services are fully protected from downtime and disaster.
SIOS DataKeeper software enables Zespri to move to Azure by providing the HA foundation SAP requires to support business critical operations.