This topic describes the Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions:

• Storage Foundation - Veritas Storage Foundation provides easy-to-use online storage management, enables high availability of data, optimized I/O performance, and allows freedom of choice in storage hardware investments. Veritas Storage Foundation is the base storage management offering from Symantec. It includes Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM). Both VxFS and VxVM include advanced features such as journaling file system, storage checkpoints, dynamic multi-pathing , off-host processing, volume snapshots, and tiered storage. Storage Foundation comes in three editions: Basic, Standard and Enterprise.

  Each targets different environments as described below:

  • Storage Foundation Basic - Storage Foundation Basic is the freeware version of Storage Foundation. Available as a free download, it is limited to a maximum of 2 CPU and 4 volumes and 4 file systems.

  • Storage Foundation Standard - Storage Foundation Standard is intended for SAN connected servers with high performance requirements and availability features, such as multiple paths to storage. This product is a minimum requirement for High Availability solutions.

  • Storage Foundation Enterprise - Storage Foundation Enterprise includes the entire feature set of both File System and Volume Manager. It is designed for servers with large SAN connectivity, where high performance, off-host processing and tiered storage are desired.

• Storage Foundation Cluster File System - Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System provides an integrated solution for shared file environments. The solution includes Veritas Cluster File System, Cluster Volume Manager and Veritas Cluster Server to help implement robust, manageable, and scalable shared file solutions. Veritas Cluster File System provides linear scalability for parallel applications and is widely used as a fast failover mechanism to ensure that application downtime is minimized in the event of server or software failure. Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System enables cluster-wide volume and file system configurations for simplified management. Extending clusters is simplified as new servers adopt cluster-wide configurations.

• Veritas Cluster Server - Veritas Cluster Server is the industry's leading cross-platform clustering solution for minimizing application downtime. Through central management tools, automated failover, features to test disaster recovery plans without disruption, and advanced failover management based on server capacity, Veritas Cluster Server enables IT managers to maximize resources by moving beyond reactive recovery to proactive management of application availability in heterogeneous environments.

• Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC (SF Oracle RAC) - SF Oracle RAC leverages proprietary storage management and high availability technologies to enable robust, manageable, and scalable deployment of Oracle RAC on UNIX platforms. The solution uses Veritas Cluster File System technology that provides the dual advantage of easy file system management as well as the use of familiar operating system tools and utilities in managing databases. The solution stack comprises the Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM), Veritas Oracle Real Application Cluster Support (VRTSdbac), Veritas Oracle Disk Manager (VRTSodm), Veritas Cluster File System (CFS), and Veritas Storage Foundation, which includes the base Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas File System (VxFS).