Building a high availability system is the first step to solving the data and application availability problem. Most HA systems have redundancy in the network, servers and storage. Popular solutions being used today are clustered servers, meshed networks, and SAN back-ends, but this type of HA system only solves part of the problem. The management framework and provisioning systems must also be HA. An intelligent management system will facilitate correct decision-making regarding expansion and changes to a HA system. Reducing or eliminating the human error factor when making changes to any computing system is the goal of a proactive systems management solution.

The CreekPath AIM(TM) (Application Intelligent Management) Suite offers an integrated storage management platform for proactive monitoring and provisioning of HA systems. (June 2002)