Solaris Cluster

It is used to improve the availability of software services such as databases, file sharing on a network, electronic commerce websites, or other applications.

To eliminate single points of failure, a Solaris Cluster configuration has redundant components, including multiple network connections and data storage which is multiply connected via a storage area network.

It enables two Solaris Cluster installations to be managed as a unit, in conjunction with one or more Data replication products, to provide Disaster Recovery for a computer installation.

PxFS (Proxy file system) is a distributed, high availability, POSIX compliant filesystem internal to Solaris Cluster nodes.

Agents for common applications are included such as Siebel Systems, SAP Livecache, WebLogic Server, GlassFish, MySQL, Oracle RAC, Oracle E-Business Suite and Samba among others; there is also a wizard which allows the cluster implementer to create agents for other applications.