Part 1/2: Ben Linder, CEO, Scalent Systems, and James Staten, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research discuss server and datacenter fail-over requirements and how the application of infrastructure virtualization can automate the real-time recovery of a server or an entire data center.

Part 2/2: Ben Linder, CEO, Scalent Systems, and James Staten, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research discuss server and datacenter fail-over requirements and how the application of infrastructure virtualization can automate the real-time recovery of a server or an entire data center.

Kevin Epstein, VP Marketing, Scalent Systems, discusses the big three challenges facing server failover – software configuration, network connectivity, and storage access – and contrast several different approaches, from traditional backup to the use of virtual machines, to the next generation of adaptive infrastructure.