Combining high availability and disaster recovery solutions for critical IT environments

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-575

  Clitherow, David ^a   Brookbanks, Michael ^a   Clayton, Nicolas ^a   Spear, Gail ^b  

^a IBM   (United Kingdom)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DATA CENTERS; DISASTER RECOVERIES; HIGH AVAILABILITIES; REGULATORY ISSUES; TECHNICAL DETAILS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 65649142622     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/SJ.2008.5386509     Document Type: Article

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