High availability clustering capabilities have been available for IBM's version of UNIX, AIX, for over 10 years. In 2006, IBM extended their High Availability Cluster MultiProcessing (HACMP) capabilities to include Linux when run on Power processors. Power processors are available on the System p, System i, and BladeCenter. Data centers now have additional options for high availability and high performance on IBM proprietary hardware for their mission critical applications using HACMP.

HACMP Operations

HACMP provides a clustering and failover solution for IBM AIX and Linux applications running on the IBM Power processor. HACMP offers mission critical and high-availability capabilities for enterprise applications. The HACMP Linux capabilities are a subset of the AIX features and functions and do not include...