Overview
ShanghaiTech University
Country: China
Industry: Higher Education / Research
Solution: i2COOPY Real-Time Replication, i2Availability High Availability, i2CDP Continuous Data Protection
ShanghaiTech University required a robust continuity framework to ensure that key teaching, research, and administrative systems would remain operational during system failures. To protect critical applications and minimize data loss, the university needed a unified solution capable of real-time replication, high availability, and continuous data protection.
Customer Challenge
- Business continuity pressure — Core systems needed to stay online to avoid disrupting teaching and scientific research.
- High reliability requirement — Critical services demanded improved stability and resilience.
- Minimal data loss — Required data protection that reduces RPO to near zero.
- Disaster recovery readiness — Needed rapid recovery and system failover in unexpected incidents.
I2 Solution
- Installed Info2soft agents on key production servers to provide real-time data synchronization using i2COOPY, protecting scheduled backup directories.
- Deployed i2Availability to deliver real-time application failover for core services.
- Built a DR center using virtual servers mapped one-to-one with production systems, all equipped with Info2soft server modules to receive real-time replicated data.
- Enabled instant data and application recovery in case of failures.
- Applied i2CDP continuous data protection to critical databases, enabling point-in-time recovery for incidents such as logical errors, accidental deletion, and ransomware attacks.
Solution Effects
- Achieved real-time data replication and CDP protection using advanced byte-level transfer technology, even under limited bandwidth.
- Enabled recovery to any historical point in time, ensuring minimal data loss.
- Simplified future scalability — new systems only require installing Info2soft DR modules without purchasing identical hardware or additional DR components.
- Significantly improved system reliability and ensured nonstop teaching and research operations, even during unexpected failures.