Case Study: Commerzbank achieves 24/7 high availability and uninterrupted online banking with Vision Solutions

Commerzbank - Customer Case Study

Commerzbank, one of Germany’s largest banks operating across Europe, needed to ensure uninterrupted online banking while minimizing the risk of data loss and server outages on a limited budget. Facing potential failures from hardware, OS, data corruption or site outages, the bank sought a solution that would replicate data in real time to geographically separate locations and satisfy legal data‑protection requirements.

Commerzbank deployed Double‑Take Availability and Double‑Take Move with partner Kancelárské stroje, virtualizing backup servers on VMware ESX/vSphere running on IBM System x hardware. Double‑Take Move enabled fast physical‑to‑virtual conversions and Double‑Take Availability replicated data over a secure VPN and centralized recovery management, producing near‑real‑time replication to geographically separate live copies. The result was continuous customer access, regulatory compliance, simple administration, and low hardware investment—one backup server protecting all production systems.

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