Linux-HA Certifications
Sometimes, it is helpful to have a product certified against various testing and certification bodies, or have white papers written recommending a particular configuration. This can help in formal vendor processes such as IBM's system assurance review, and it can help managers decide that they can simply have confidence in a solution they are considering.
This page documents the certifications and white papers we know about for Linux-HA.
From IBM
Linux-HA on ServeRAID
Linux HA has been certified as ServerProven when used with the IBM ServeRAID hardware. This occurred during May 2004. IBM's Ellen Gardiner can provide more details on request.
Linux-HA on DRBD with DB2
DB2 has issued a statement of support for DB2 running on top of DRBD with Linux-HA providing HA services and control. IBM's Boris Bialek can provide more details on request.
IBM's IRES product (IBM Retail Environment for SUSE Linux) configures DB2 on top of DRBD and Linux-HA. IBM's Doug Rothert can provide more details on request.
IBM has written a white paper recommending Linux-HA and DRBD as an environment for providing highly-available DB2 services.
Linux-HA on DS4000 (FAStT) Storage Systems
Linux-HA is TotalStorage Proven when used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, or SUSE/Novell SLES9 (this page refers to Linux-HA as "Linux HA").
Emageon (an IBM Storage reference customer), bases their product line on Linux-HA on FasTT hardware. As of June 2004, they have over 40 such production installations, and the whole configuration is FDA-approved and certified. They have a few different FasTT configurations which they test extensively before each release of their system.
IBM has written a white paper recommending DB2 and Linux-HA for telecommunications applications based on FasTT hardware. This paper is the result of prototyping and testing this configuration by IBM's software group.
Linux-HA with Websphere MQ Series
- IBM has issued a statement of support for Websphere MQ Series running with Linux-HA providing HA services and control. IBM's Doug Rothert and Milton Hernandez can provide the details on this.