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DocAve SharePoint High Availability

Ensure a True 24×7 Fault-tolerant SharePoint Environment

DocAve v5 for MOSS 2007 and WSS v3!

According to the National Archives & Records Administration, 50% of companies that lost their data center for more than 10 days due to a disaster filed for immediate bankruptcy. SharePoint high availability is a critical element of business continuity planning.

DocAve High Availability is the first “one-switch” disaster recovery tool designed for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. It gives customers instant access to the warm stand-by SharePoint environment, is quickly implemented, and simple to use.

Business Advantages

Key Advantages of DocAve High Availability

Ensure Business Continuity During a Disaster

Switch to a stand-by environment instantly, from anywhere, and redirect users through a simple DNS flip to ensure nearly zero downtime during a disaster. Whether dealing with a common hardware failure or a large-scale disaster, your SharePoint environment is immediately accessible to all users.

Minimal Potential Data Loss Diminishes Adverse Impact on Productivity

Continuous scheduled synchronization allows for mirroring of the SharePoint environment. In most cases, completely seamless to end-users.

Make Your Disaster Recovery Planning Fit Your Needs

No special appliances are required to implement DocAve High Availability. Select content databases you want replicated to a stand-by environment, based on business-importance or any other criteria. With no distance or proximity requirements, allow implement your stand-by environment in any datacenter around the world.

Guarantee End-User Trust In Your SharePoint Environment

An hour of infrastructure outage can cause unacceptable productivity loss for your business. Because of SharePoint’s diverse infrastructure, it is impossible to use productivity-loss methods common to other platforms. With DocAve, you can reduce downtime to a just a few seconds, and satisfy the most aggressive SLA’s.

Learn more how DocAve respond to SLA requirements

Next: Technical Overview









Technical Overview

DocAve High Availability Technical Overview

Ensure continues access to your SharePoint environment with the DocAve High Availability (SPDR-HA) module, an Enterprise-level disaster recovery solution.

DocAve High Availability Features:

  • Switch to stand-by environment immediately with a simple DNS switch.

  • SharePoint-aware replication to a standby environment enables an instantaneous ‘switch’ and minimizes downtime. Replication can be performed continuously in real-time, or on a scheduled basis at the Web Application or Content Database level.

  • Enterprise-strength, data-packet level fault tolerance ensures reliable, full fidelity data replications over noisy networks. Failed replication will resume from point of last successful transfer so work will not be lost and resources won’t be wasted.

  • Full or incremental replication options utilizing industry standards with SQL mirroring or log-shipping.

  • Optional compression and throttle control settings allow for control of network traffic and further enhance low-bandwidth replication

  • Optional offline synchronization allows content to be synchronized to the Stand-By Server via a flat file.

  • Graphical dashboard displaying statuses of synchronization jobs for all content databases.

  • Fully-integrated into the DocAve platform, allowing for centralized administration of all scheduling, monitoring, and management tasks across multiple SharePoint servers from a single “access-from-anywhere” web interface.

  • User-friendly GUI offers SharePoint centric tree-mode viewing during planning phase and “one-click” process to bring stand-by “online” during disaster recovery.

  • SQL Mirroring allows for tighter coexistence with DocAve Backup and Recovery for a fool-proof disaster recovery solution

DocAve SharePoint High Availability minimizes downtime through real-time disaster coverage at these levels:

  • SQL Server
  • Virtual Server
  • Content Databases

The DocAve High Availability Supports:

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v.3.0
  • SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) 2003
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v.2.0
  • Microsoft Project Server

Note: Presently DocAve v5 supports MOSS 2007 and WSS v3 only. For current SPS 2003 and WSS v2 support, please utilize DocAve 4.5.


View & Compare: DocAve High Availability vs. Native and SQL Backups

Next: Guides and Resources

Guides and Resources

DocAve High Availability Resources

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Next: Try and Purchase

Try and Purchase

Download and Purchase DocAve Products

  • Buy Now: Contact Sales

    All DocAve modules function within a unified platform but can be purchased and deployed individually. Contact one of our Sales executives to discuss your deployment requirements and for a sales quote.

Pricing – DocAve High Availability

DocAve High Availability has a fully distributed software architecture and can support an unlimited number of SharePoint farms. DocAve requires an appropriate Agent to be installed on servers in your SharePoint environment.

The DocAve software is sold as a perpetual license with an optional annual maintenance renewal contract (details below). Please contact us for more information and a customized sales proposal.

Maintenance Packages and Support

The DocAve software licenses include 60 days of software maintenance and technical support. Additional maintenance packages can be purchased for a percentage of the software license cost:

  • Standard Maintenance Package: 25% of total license cost
    Includes all software upgrades; e-mail and phone support available Monday through Friday 7:00 am-7:00 pm EST


  • Premier Maintenance Package: 33% of total license cost
    Includes all software upgrades; e-mail and phone support available 24×7; includes light DocAve customization.


  • Training and Product Customization
    AvePoint offers a variety of one-day educational courses and customized application solutions fine-tuned to your individual environment. Click here for more information.



DocAve Migrators do not include 60 day technical support, but do offer the maintenance packages described above.