Best-in-Class Data Replication &
Multi-site Clustering for Windows
High performance data replication with easy cluster integration for enhanced application availability.
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Fast replication with minimal server overhead
2x faster than SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups with minimal additional system resources.
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Optimized for SSD – High Performance & High Availability
Developed to keep up with I/O demands of high speed storage such as the Fusion-IO ioDrive.
Learn more about the SQL Cluster Appliance from Fusion-io and SIOS
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Take your Microsoft Infrastructure Into The Cloud
Enables Microsoft Clustering in the Amazon cloud for SQL servers, file-servers and more.
Learn more about enabling Microsoft Clustering in the Amazon Cloud
How SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition stacks up against the competition
 DataKeeper Cluster Edition
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Support SQL Standard Edition SQL Standard Edition will support a 2 node cluster. AlwaysOn Availability Groups is only available with SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. |
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Supports replication of System Databases, e.g., SQL Accounts, SQL Agent, & Backups AlwaysOn Availability Groups only replicates user defined databases, it does not replicate system databases |
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Supports more than 2-nodes in a replicated cluster DataKeeper has no limitation in terms of the number of cluster nodes it can support. Both Double-Take and AlwaysOn Availability Groups are limited in the number of nodes they can support |
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Replicates data other than SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group is a SQL Server specific replication solution. If you want to replicate other data such as file shares you will need to use an alternate replication solution such as SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition |
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Replication efficiency Tests show that DataKeeper consistently outperforms other replication solutions in its ability to move data across a LAN or WAN much faster than both DoubleTake and AlwaysOn Availability Groups |
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Minimizes system resource overhead (CPU, RAM, etc) DataKeeper Cluster Edition uses less CPU, RAM and Network resources than both DoubleTake and AlwaysOn Availability Groups |
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Supports synchronous replication DataKeeper supports both Synchronous and Asynchronous replication, while DoubleTake only supports asynchronous replication, leaving your data less than 100% protected. |
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