Availability is the measure of how often your data and applications are ready for you to access them when you need them. In today's fast-paced Internet economy, availability is a critical aspect of your computing environment. This category contains information about how to decide what level of availability you need and the technologies and techniques you can use to achieve your availability goals.
Availability roadmap
This topic contains basic information about availability and helps you decide which options are best for your company.
Control server shutdown using a power-handling program
This topic describes how you can prevent server functions from ending abnormally in the event of a power loss.
Maximum capacities
If you exceed system limitations you can experience an application outage or a system outage. Avoid these types of outages by being aware of the maximum capacities and system limitations in advance. Even though system limitations can be difficult to predict, this information can help you understand your system's maximum capacity. The information lists some of the capacity limitations and restrictions that can affect the availability of large systems and their applications.