The SPEA SMART Fault Tolerance Option System (SMART FTOS) automates system fail-over through a redundant hot/stand-by server network and ensures the uninterrupted operation of SMART Systems and the receiving of complete data from external systems. High performance mirroring connections are established between the Airport master and slave servers.

• Create remote backup of live data within the SMART Solution.
• Prevent interruption of Airport operations due to hardware failure.
• Recover data after a disaster.

• Uninterrupted Airport operations.
• 100% guaranteed uptime with no loss of data.
• Less expensive than equivalent hardware solutions.
• No single point of failure.
• Transparent switching on failure of hardware.
• No special hardware requirements.
• No dependence on third parties and uptime can be guaranteed.
• Mirrored server installations can be at different locations.
  

The SPEA SMART Fault Tolerance Option System (SMART FTOS) automates system fail-over through a redundant hot/stand-by server network. High performance mirroring connections are established between the master and slave servers. Incoming/outgoing messages/ data are replicated on the master and slave servers. When the master server fails, the slave immediately takes over its role without loss of data. The SMART FTOS is highly recommended for and where system down-time is critical.

A Virtual Host ensures that one server is always running/up. Mirroring is done through a virtual link, preferably using a dedicated Gigabit Ethernet link. This virtual link is switched to a LAN connection in less than 5 seconds if for any reason the link goes down without losing connection to the database. The mirrored servers can be located far apart by using fiber optic cable connections.

The SMART FTOS is fully embedded into all the SMART Systems and fail-over is transparent to third party applications with no interruption in receiving or transferring data.

The SMART FTOS option is the perfect solution for all SMART System installations at Airports with high volumes of data and that require 100% availability. It is recommended at Airports that use the Airport Operational DataBase System (SMART AODB), Semantic Message Processor System System (SMART SMPS) and Baggage Reconciliation System (SMART BRS).

• Dedicated high performance virtual mirroring channel.
• Less than 5 seconds fail-over for the virtual mirroring channel.
• Less than 60 seconds fail-over for master/slave configuration.
• No inherited problems as associated with clustering architecture.
• No proprietary software required.
• Platform is Linux, SCO Unixware and in general any Unix configuration.
• Highly reliability with redundant cooling and power supplies.
• User-friendly and highly configurable Windows browser based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Full seamless integration with all SMART Systems.
• Robust, reliable and scalable system.
• Supports concurrent users and is accessible from any authorized workstation.