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SearchStax Welcomes Symetris to Alliance Program
August 12, 2022
Daniela Prada
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SearchStax is proud to announce the addition of Symetris to its Alliance Program as a Silver Partner. Symetris is a digital agency that helps develop dynamic, database-driven websites, intranets, extranets, and applications with a team of certified Drupal experts.
Founded in 2004 and with headquarters in Montréal, Canada, Symetris is a leader in digital project management, using a unique methodology that has ensured the success of large-scale projects in complex ecosystems.
With a wide range of services that take clients from the vision and planning stages, all the way through to the implementation and maintenance of the site, Symetris has the capabilities and expertise to take on any challenge. Its team of experts helps companies accelerate digital innovation, personalize the online experience, and ensure platform stability.
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About the SearchStax Alliance Program
Through the Alliance Program, SearchStax and partners combine talents to ensure that customers have robust Solr search infrastructure with SearchStax Managed Search and a more relevant frontend search experience with SearchStax Site Search. The alliance comprises over 20 companies and includes access to an exclusive partner portal with helpful resources and networking opportunities.
What steps do we take during a real Solr DR incident?
Here are the steps we take during a real disaster recovery incident:
- SearchStax team receives a node unavailability alert and begins working on the issue
- SearchStax tries to restart the Solr node and bring collections back to a healthy state
- If all Solr nodes in a cluster become unavailable for 5 minutes, this triggers a DR failover
- SearchStax receives a support ticket which notifies us that DR has triggered, and a DNS switch will be occurring
- DNS propagation takes 1-2 minutes after the initial 5 minutes. We aim to achieve less than a 10 minute RTO for Warm and Hot DR
- SearchStax next step is to notify your team via the support ticket that a DR failover has occurred and provide a meeting link for your users to join and work through the issue together
- SearchStax continues working to bring primary cluster Solr nodes up and wait for collections to recover
- If we receive responses by email or via the meeting room, we work with the customer’s team to coordinate on switching the DNS back to the primary cluster
- If we are receiving no responses from your teams, we move you back to primary as soon as all collections are healthy
- If you have purchased Platinum or Platinum Plus support plan, SearchStax provides Post Mortems as an additional service. We follow up with a Post Mortem report within 3 business days and schedule a time with your team to review what happened, answer questions and identify best next steps
Now that you have a clear explanation of the SearchStax DR options and how Disaster Recovery works, you will be able to decide for yourself which option best fits your business case and needs.
By Daniela Prada
Partner Marketing Manager
“…search should not only be for those organizations with massive search budgets...”
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