Case Study: Crown Point Community School Corporation achieves sub-5-minute failover and reliable data protection with Precisely's Assure iTERA HA

Crown Point Community School Corporation - Customer Case Study

Crown Point Community School Corporation (CPSC) is a K–12 public school district that relies on its systems for financials, student records, bus routing and parent/student access. With roughly 13 years of data and state audit pressure to improve business continuity, CPSC faced long recovery times from tape-based backups and the risk of losing up to 24 hours of data — they set a target of being back online within 15 minutes. After evaluating options, CPSC engaged Precisely and its Assure iTERA HA solution to address these availability and compliance gaps.

Precisely deployed Assure iTERA HA to maintain real-time redundancy between two IBM i servers (one production, one backup), remotely installing the software and providing training. The implementation was fast and low-touch, and day-to-day management averages about 15–20 minutes; a tested real role swap completed in 30 seconds, and CPSC now expects recovery in under five minutes (well within their 15-minute goal). Precisely’s solution delivered measurable improvements in failover speed, simplified operations, and the peace of mind to meet audit requirements.

Crown Point Community School Corporation

Allen Rawlings

iSeries Administrator