High Availability Messaging Using AXIGEN, Heartbeat and DRBD

This white paper discusses a high-availability solution for the AXIGEN Mail Server, using the Heartbeat package with DRBD. AXIGEN is a proprietary messaging solution while both Heartbeat and DRBD are open source software released under the GNU Public License (GPL). These software packages can be used together to build scalable and highly available integrated cluster messaging applications on the Linux operating system. Products Overview • AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/isp/) – Leveraging on proprietary technologies SmartProcessing™, UltraStorage™ and GrowSecure™, the AXIGEN Mail Server delivers redundancy at the mail protocol level of a messaging solution, as well as for the actual message container storage. AXIGEN is a carrier-class messaging solution with advanced email filtering and routing capabilities, also featuring groupware and advanced collaboration functionalities, and backed up at the same time by around the clock, highly effective technical...