HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension (CLX)

HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension (CLX) software offers protection against system downtime from fault, failure and disasters. It enables flawless integration of the remote mirroring capabilities of HP Continuous Access with the high-availability capabilities provided by OS-specific clustering software. This extended-distance solution allows for more robust disaster recovery topologies as well as automatic failover, failback and redirection of mirrored pairs for a true Disaster Tolerant solution.

CLX provides efficiency that preserves operations and delivers investment protection. The CLX solution will monitor and recover disk pair synchronization on an application level and offload data replication tasks from the host. CLX automates the time-consuming, labor-intensive processes required to verify the status of the storage as well as the server cluster; thus allowing the correct failover and failback decisions to be made to minimize downtime. HP Cluster Extension offers protection against application downtime from fault, failure, and disasters by extending a local cluster between data centers over large geographical distances.