Case Study: Skagit County achieves near-zero downtime and simplified backups with Vision Solutions' Double-Take Availability for AIX

Skagit County Government, WA - Customer Case Study

Skagit County Government, which supports a 24x7 public safety system for about 400 users in northwest Washington, needed a simple, affordable high-availability solution after experiencing multi-day downtime and performance issues from running backups on the production system. Facing a hardware and software platform change, the county wanted to avoid complex UNIX clustering while ensuring continuous availability for its Spillman public safety application and database.

They implemented Vision Solutions Double-Take Availability for AIX on new IBM Power servers, providing near real-time replication, automated failover, and RightTime CDP for point-in-time recovery. Backups and data dumps now run on the replica—reducing load on production—while read/write snapshots simplify testing; installation and day-to-day management proved minimal, effectively eliminating downtime and improving production performance.

Skagit County