ASE 15 Cluster Edition builds on ASE’s reputation for reliability and lower costs by delivering a database infrastructure that enables IT to reduce data center costs, improve application availability and create a flexible data infrastructure for future business growth. Once you’ve decided to implement this technology and have purchased the software, Sybase consultants can help you take advantage of ASE 15 Cluster Edition’s benefits by assessing your shared disk architecture and deploying the product in your environment.
Objectives
The ASE 15 Cluster Edition Implementation Service Package is delivered by Sybase database consulting experts who will assess your technical environment’s foundation and guide the initial installation and deployment of this product on your clustered hardware using industry best practices.
High-Level Activities
- Identify critical success factors for deployment
- Review the database server and its ecosystem from the bottom-up. The components reviewed include:
- Operating system
- I/O subsystem
- Dataserver
- Databases and objects within them
- Integration technologies
- Operational procedures
- Applications
- Scripts and procedures that work with the current ASE environment
- Install and deploy Sybase ASE 15 Cluster Edition
Delivery Tasks
This service requires considerable participation from the customer, both at the management and operational levels.
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Task
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Detail
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Complete technical questionnaire
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Customer questionnaire used to validate the clustered infrastructure available and assess suitability for ASE 15 Cluster Edition deployment.
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Prepare clustered infrastructure
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Preparing the operating environment and hardware configuration is a critical step in the implementation process. Sybase consulting staff will design and plan the clustered infrastructure based on your underlying network and storage system configuration (SAN), hardware and high speed private/public networks that will be required to connect the nodes, deploy the software and maintain the clustered state.
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Assess applications and API re-deployment failover requirements
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The ASE 15 Cluster Edition database utilizes the client-side API for coordinating failovers. In order to support transparent failover, some customer applications or versions of the API may require modifications or upgrades. Changes required to support the failover features will be documented.
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Install ASE 15 Cluster Edition and related components
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Implement ASE 15 Cluster Edition software in your environment.
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Test application stack with ASE 15 Cluster Edition
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Test functionality of applications in new environment; document and validate results as outlined in critical success factors.
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Deliverables
- High-level implementation plan
- Deployed ASE 15 Cluster Edition database server
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