Validation & Standardization
Clarity Supports:
Databases
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- Sybase
- DB2 UDB
- MySQL
Operating Systems
- Linux
- Windows
- Solaris
- HP-UX
- AIX
Clustering Technologies
- Veritas
- Microsoft Cluster Server
- Oracle RAC
IT and database professionals know that one of the biggest challenges to deploying a new database or database cluster is verifying that the server is configured correctly, as well as ensuring that any new infrastructures are deployed in a standardized fashion. IT organizations will invest time and money in writing standards, but how can they know that when the database is rolled out, the standard was followed?
GridApp Clarity™ automates this process and is able to provide a tool that not only automates the creation of validated and standardized builds, but also provides the only database-specific automated tool for ensuring ongoing validation and standardization through simple-to-access holistic reporting. Using Clarity, IT directors can "look back" and confirm whether policies have been followed with every change made to the database. Clarity users can simply identify the differences, and take immediate steps to bring the database "back in line" if desired.
In addition, Clarity offers a best practices library of server configuration for various database platforms. With a library of hundreds of checks for Oracle, Oracle RAC, SQL Server, and clustered SQL Server, DBAs can not only know, but prove, that a server is configured correctly when it is turned over to them. Some of the types of validation include:
- Kernel configuration
- Required OS patches
- Storage configuration
- Network parameters
- SSH configuration
Clarity is the only solution on the market that provides this in-depth library of validation and standardization best practices, saving the DBAs time and effort, as well as helping reduce the time to deploy new technologies like Oracle RAC.
