Real stories: How these companies built HA without breaking the budget
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Real Stories
The Architecture Behind Always-On Services
Smooth logins. Successful checkouts. Services that never go offline. Customers only see the smooth experience—but behind the scenes, these organizations once faced outages, traffic spikes, and critical failures. Their turning point? Building a reliable High Availability (HA) architecture.
Today, QNAP is helping businesses achieve enterprise-grade HA with practical, cost-effective solutions.
Customer stories
Three real scenarios. Three moments when High Availability made all the difference.
Róża Group
A leading Polish floriculture brand with 30+ years of experience, pioneering sustainable greenhouse production powered by zero-emission cogeneration.
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Computer Consultant Association (CCA)
A Polish IT consulting organization supporting businesses and government agencies with critical systems.
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Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy
Poland’s largest and most influential charity, running nationwide fundraising and healthcare programs.
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Why businesses need High Availability now more than ever
The cloud isn’t fail-proof
When external networks or cloud services go down, SaaS and remote systems are instantly affected.
A local, controllable HA architecture keeps your critical services running even during outside disruptions.
Backup ≠ Service continuity
Backups restore data—but they don’t prevent downtime.
Only HA can take over automatically during hardware or system failures, keeping users online without interruption.
Centralized IT = Greater impact when failure strikes
VMs, file services, collaboration platforms, and databases often reside on a single NAS.
One failure can halt the entire organization.
Downtime costs more than you think
A single prolonged outage can cost far more than investing in HA.
From storage to networking
QNAP’s complete High Availability solutions
Dual-NAS HA Architecture
Two NAS systems form an Active-Passive cluster. If one fails, the standby takes over instantly, ensuring continuous service and no data loss.
Benefits
Affordable HA for small and medium-sized businesses
Primary/standby data remains fully synchronized
Automatic failover and recovery
Manual switchover for maintenance—no downtime required
Ideal for file services, essential databases, and business applications
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MC-LAG Network Redundancy
Many companies secure their storage but overlook the network—a common single point of failure. With QNAP switches supporting MC-LAG, critical devices stay connected even if one switch goes offline.
Benefits
Eliminates core-switch single point of failure
Update or replace one switch without disrupting service
Integrates with Port Trunking/LACP for bandwidth + redundancy
Strengthens backbone connectivity in data centers and critical facilities
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Virtual Machine (VM) High Availability
Your CRM, order system, and reporting tools run on VMs—and when they stop, your entire workflow halts. QNAP VM HA keeps these services running with just two NAS systems, enabling automatic failover and zero-downtime maintenance.
Benefits
No licensing fees—enterprise-grade VM HA accessible for SMBs
No extra shared-storage hardware, reducing cost and complexity
Enable HA only for selected VMs; no impact on other NAS workloads
Intelligent failover logic ensures fast recovery without manual intervention
Online switchover for maintenance, updates, and configuration changes
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Every business needs the right HA architecture.
We can help you design the best HA deployment based on your environment, scale, and budget.
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