2025 SIOS High Availability Survey

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* 4. What is your company's level of cloud adoption for critical applications?

Hybrid (mix of on-prem and cloud)

Primarily hyper-scaler cloud

Multicloud (using different cloud vendors for different applications)

On-prem only

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Rank the following priorities for IT spending in the next 18 months

	Not a Priority	Low Priority	Medium Priority	High Priority
Improving application disaster recovery protection	Improving application disaster recovery protection Not a Priority	Improving application disaster recovery protection Low Priority	Improving application disaster recovery protection Medium Priority	Improving application disaster recovery protection High Priority
Developing and implementing new software applications	Developing and implementing new software applications Not a Priority	Developing and implementing new software applications Low Priority	Developing and implementing new software applications Medium Priority	Developing and implementing new software applications High Priority
Enhancing cybersecurity measures	Enhancing cybersecurity measures Not a Priority	Enhancing cybersecurity measures Low Priority	Enhancing cybersecurity measures Medium Priority	Enhancing cybersecurity measures High Priority
Improving data analytics and business intelligence capabilities	Improving data analytics and business intelligence capabilities Not a Priority	Improving data analytics and business intelligence capabilities Low Priority	Improving data analytics and business intelligence capabilities Medium Priority	Improving data analytics and business intelligence capabilities High Priority
Upgrading infrastructure and hardware	Upgrading infrastructure and hardware Not a Priority	Upgrading infrastructure and hardware Low Priority	Upgrading infrastructure and hardware Medium Priority	Upgrading infrastructure and hardware High Priority

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* 6. Which critical applications are you protecting with high availability? (Please enter all that apply)

Aviation related applications (i.e., T-systems, Navigair, Johnson Control etc)

Database & Data Management (i.e., SQL Server, Oracle Enterprise, SAP HANA)

ERP Business Applications (i.e., SAP, Oracle)

Financial/Banking Applications (i.e., Temenos T24, Finacle Core Banking)

Healthcare - Medical Record Management (i.e.,Meditech, Epic Systems, Cerner Millenium)

Manufacturing, Industrial (i.e.,Siemens, GE, Rockwell Automation)

Video Management Systems/Monitoring (i.e.,Milestone Xprotect, Genetec Omnicast)

Building Management and Security (i.e.,Siemens, Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric Ecostruxture, Tridium Niagara)

Physical Access Control (i.e.,Honeywell Prowatch, Genetech Security Center)

We do not have HA protection for our mission-critical applications

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Which of the following is your company currently using for high availability/disaster protection? (Check all that apply)

AWS DRS

Azure Site Recovery

Google Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Veeam Availability Suite

SIOS DataKeeper or SIOS LifeKeeper

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Microsoft Failover Clustering (WSFC)

Red Hat High Availability Add-On

SAP HANA System Replication

Other (please specify)

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* 8. In the past 12 months, how often has your company experienced downtime of more than 10 minutes in critical applications?

More than 5 times

3-4 times

1-2 times

Never

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* 9. How satisfied is your IT team with the High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions you currently have in place?

Very dissatisfied – Does not meet our needs and we face significant challenges.

Somewhat dissatisfied – We encounter issues regularly.

Neutral - We neither feel satisfied nor dissatisfied; the solutions meet some needs but not all.

Somewhat satisfied - The solutions work well but there are areas for improvement.

Very satisfied - The solutions fully meet our needs and we have no significant issues.

None of the above

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* 10. Which of the following operating systems are used for your company's most critical applications? Check all that apply.

Windows

SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Oracle Linux

Rocky Linux

Alma Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Is your company looking to adopt SAP RISE in the next 12-18 months?

Yes, implementing new RISE environment

No, staying with current on-premises SAP environment

No, staying with current cloud-based SAP environment

We don't use SAP

I don't know

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* 12. Which factors are most important to you when selecting an HA/DR solution? (Please rank the following factors in order of importance):

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* 13. Would you consider adopting HA clusters in order to test and apply patches faster and with near-zero downtime?

Yes, we would consider HA clusters to improve patch management

HA is already an integral part of our patch management

No, patch management is not a challenge we would address with HA clusters

Maybe, sounds interesting, I'd like to learn more.

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* 14. How frequently does your company conduct full Disaster Recovery tests?

Monthly

Quarterly

Twice annually

Annually

I don't know

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* 15. What are your biggest challenges in implementing and managing High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) software? (choose up to 3 of the following)

Complexity of configuration and management

Integration with existing systems and applications

Cost and budget constraints

Ensuring reliable failover and recovery processes

Keeping up with regular testing and updates

Scalability and handling increased workloads

Lack of in-house HA expertise

Vendor support and service quality

2025 SIOS High Availability Survey

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* 1. What industry is your company in?

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* 2. Where are your company's headquarters?

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* 3. Company Size (employees)

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* 4. What is your company's level of cloud adoption for critical applications?

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* 5. Rank the following priorities for IT spending in the next 18 months

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* 6. Which critical applications are you protecting with high availability? (Please enter all that apply)

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* 7. Which of the following is your company currently using for high availability/disaster protection? (Check all that apply)

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* 8. In the past 12 months, how often has your company experienced downtime of more than 10 minutes in critical applications?

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* 9. How satisfied is your IT team with the High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions you currently have in place?

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* 10. Which of the following operating systems are used for your company's most critical applications? Check all that apply.

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* 11. Is your company looking to adopt SAP RISE in the next 12-18 months?

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* 12. Which factors are most important to you when selecting an HA/DR solution? (Please rank the following factors in order of importance):

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* 13. Would you consider adopting HA clusters in order to test and apply patches faster and with near-zero downtime?

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* 14. How frequently does your company conduct full Disaster Recovery tests?

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* 15. What are your biggest challenges in implementing and managing High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) software? (choose up to 3 of the following)

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* 16. What improvements would you like to see SIOS make in the next 12-18 months?

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* 17. What is your email address? (optional)