{"id":6471,"date":"2019-03-17T20:12:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyswitch.com\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2021-09-08T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:28:41","slug":"ucaas-redundancy-active-active-vs-active-spare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyswitch.com\/blog\/ucaas-redundancy-active-active-vs-active-spare\/","title":{"rendered":"UCaaS Redundancy:  Active-Active vs. Active-Spare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week we published a video to the SkySwitch YouTube Channel that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0kemGp4gl8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained the architecture of our geo-redundant network.<\/a>&nbsp; Soon afterwards, someone asked me how our redundant architecture is different from other white label UCaaS providers.&nbsp; &nbsp;So, I made this short video to explain what distinguishes the SkySwitch network from our competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SkySwitch is Active-Active Geo-Redundant UCaaS\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQzUF6P608I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference boils down to scalability and elasticity &#8211; two hallmarks of a true multi-tenanted cloud solution &#8211; made possible by our active-active architecture.&nbsp; As network traffic grows, SkySwitch adds capacity by deploying additional active nodes. New nodes are added to an n-Share mesh and automatically become available to share call processing tasks across all nodes dynamically and with zero downtime. &nbsp;This means that we can expand to accommodate growth with zero impact on&nbsp;the availability of services to end users.&nbsp; With Skyswitch, endpoints can access identical service across multiple geographically diverse servers (geo-nodes) in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SkySwitch white label resellers have access to utilize any of our geo-nodes at any time because all the nodes are part of a mesh that distributes call events, and other information needed to support calling features, in real time.&nbsp; &nbsp;With seamless and transparent failover between nodes, service disruptions are avoided because customer connections can be automatically transferred to any other nodes available.&nbsp; This means that when a problem occurs, failover can be almost immediate.&nbsp; Often, customers don&#8217;t even realize that a glitch occurred because the failover happens so quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, other providers use an older method of redundancy called active-spare (or sometimes referred to as n+1).&nbsp; With an active-spare network, only one server can be active at any time.&nbsp; In the event of a problem all calling logic must be transferred to the spare server.&nbsp; In a large network with hundreds of servers, failover requires a high degree of orchestration that can take precious time.&nbsp; &nbsp;Providers that use active-spare technology require significantly more time to activate a spare server when a problem occurs.&nbsp; This process can take hours and sometimes even days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the SkySwitch active-active geo-redundant network, view the original video here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How SkySwitch&#039;s Geo-Redundancy Platform Provides Incomparable Uptime\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0kemGp4gl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we published a video to the SkySwitch YouTube Channel that explained the architecture of our geo-redundant network.&nbsp; Soon afterwards, someone asked me how our redundant architecture is different from other white label UCaaS providers.&nbsp; &nbsp;So, I made this short video to explain what distinguishes the SkySwitch network from our competitors. 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