About Storage Foundation High Availability


About Storage Foundation High Availability
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Symantec Storage Foundation High Availability by Symantec (SFHA) includes the following:

Symantec Storage Foundation	Symantec Storage Foundation includes the following: Veritas File System by Symantec (VxFS). Veritas File System is a high-performance journaling file system that provides easy management and quick-recovery for applications. Veritas File System delivers scalable performance, continuous availability, increased I/O throughput, and structural integrity. Veritas Volume Manager by Symantec (VxVM). Veritas Volume Manager removes the physical limitations of disk storage. You can configure, share, manage, and optimize storage I/O performance online without interrupting data availability. Veritas Volume Manager also provides easy-to-use, online storage management tools to reduce downtime. VxFS and VxVM are a part of all Symantec Storage Foundation products. Do not install or update VxFS or VxVM as individual components.
Symantec Cluster Server (VCS)	Symantec Cluster Server by Symantec is a clustering solution that provides the following benefits: Reduces application downtime Facilitates the consolidation and the failover of servers Manages a range of applications in heterogeneous environments
Veritas agents	Veritas agents provide high availability for specific resources and applications. Each agent manages resources of a particular type. For example, the Oracle agent manages Oracle databases. Agents typically start, stop, and monitor resources and report state changes.

Storage Foundation Basic supports all Storage Foundation Standard features, however, there are deployment and technical support limitations.