Preface
As Linux on IBM System z® becomes more prevalent and mainstream in the industry, the need for it to deliver higher levels of availability is increasing.
This IBM® Redbooks® publication starts with an explanation of high availability (HA) fundamentals such as HA concepts and terminology. It continues with a discussion of why a business needs to consider an HA solution and then explains how to determine your business single points of failure.
We outline the components of a high availability solution and describe these components. Then we provide some architectural scenarios and demonstrate how to plan and decide on an implementation of an end-to-end HA solution, from Linux on System z database scenarios to IBM z/OS®, and include storage, ...