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title: "SafeKit High Availability & Failover Demos: SANless Clustering Video Tutorials"
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description: "Watch SafeKit demos to see how to implement 2-node SANless high availability, real-time replication, and automatic failover for Windows and Linux. Learn to build software-only clusters for SQL Server, Hyper-V, and VMS without expensive shared storage or complex hardware load balancers."
category: "resources"
lang: "en"
topics: "SafeKit Technical Failover Tutorials & Demos"
---

# SafeKit High Availability & Failover Demos: SANless Clustering Video Tutorials

## SafeKit Technical Failover Tutorials & Demos {#safekit-failover-tutorials}

### SafeKit Video: Webinar (9:43) {#demo-webinar}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [Introduction](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=0s) (0:38)
  2. 🎬 [Demonstration of SafeKit](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=38s) (1:41)
  3. 🎬 [Examples of redundancy and high availability solution](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=139s) (2:00)
  4. 🎬 [SafeKit sold in many different countries with Milestone](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=259s) (0:49)
  5. 🎬 [Choose between 2 solutions: virtual machine or application cluster](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=308s) (2:29)
  6. 🎬 [Distinctive advantages](https://youtu.be/UiLwzqsMxis?t=457s) (2:06)

[All videos here](https://safekit.eviden.com/resources/safekit-on-line-training/)

### SafeKit: How to Implement HADR (7:40) {#safekit-hadr}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [Introduction to SafeKit HADR over Stretched VLANs](https://youtu.be/g5zcTjiY7T4?t=0s) (1:06)
  2. 🎬 [How Synchronous Mirroring & Double-Acknowledgment Works (1:41)](https://youtu.be/g5zcTjiY7T4?t=65s)
  3. 🎬 [Failover Mechanics: Gratuitous ARP (GARP) & Virtual IP](https://youtu.be/g5zcTjiY7T4?t=166s) (2:10)
  4. 🎬 [Designing for Slow WAN: HA vs. Backup Strategies](https://youtu.be/g5zcTjiY7T4?t=296s) (2:45)

[Learn more about SafeKit HADR](https://safekit.eviden.com/best-practises/high-availability-disaster-recovery-hadr/)

### SafeKit Video: Virtual Machine-Level Clustering (5:15) {#demo-hyperv}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [2 Hyper-V nodes and 2 virtual machines](https://youtu.be/foo6YKg5Dmw?t=0s) (0:49)
  2. 🎬 [Configure the cluster and two hyperv.safe modules](https://youtu.be/foo6YKg5Dmw?t=49s) (1:59)
  3. 🎬 [Start and test VM replication, migration, failover on crash](https://youtu.be/foo6YKg5Dmw?t=168s) (2:26)

🛠️ [Free trial here](https://safekit.eviden.com/quick-install/safekit-quick-installation-guide-with-hyper-v/)

### SafeKit Video: Application-Level Clustering with SQL (8:47) {#demo-sql}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [2 nodes with SQL Server](https://youtu.be/T_6PsS4f9OQ?t=0s) (0:32)
  2. 🎬 [Configure the cluster and the mirror.safe module](https://youtu.be/T_6PsS4f9OQ?t=32s) (3:58)
  3. 🎬 [Start and test SQL replication, migration, failover on crash](https://youtu.be/T_6PsS4f9OQ?t=270s) (4:17)

🛠️ [Free trial here](https://safekit.eviden.com/quick-install/safekit-quick-installation-guide-for-a-new-windows-application-with-real-time-replication-and-failover/)

### SafeKit Video: OEM High Availability Integration (4:22) {#demo-milestone}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [SafeKit for OEM Integration](https://youtu.be/dxiPG5ILC-0?t=0s) (0:09)
  2. 🎬 [OEM Setup Example: Milestone XProtect](https://youtu.be/dxiPG5ILC-0?t=9s) (2:18)
  3. 🎬 [Failover Scenarios Explained](https://youtu.be/dxiPG5ILC-0?t=138s) (1:49)
  4. 🎬 [Wrap-Up: Add OEM HA to Your Catalog](https://youtu.be/dxiPG5ILC-0?t=247s) (0:15)

🛠️ [Free trial here](https://safekit.eviden.com/quick-install/safekit-quick-installation-guide-for-a-new-windows-application-with-real-time-replication-and-failover/)

### SafeKit Video: Network Load Balancing Clustering (5:03) {#demo-farm}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [2 nodes with Apache](https://youtu.be/XSMV_eM-jgk?t=0s) (0:13)
  2. 🎬 [Configure the cluster and the farm.safe module](https://youtu.be/XSMV_eM-jgk?t=13s) (2:20)
  3. 🎬 [Start and test network load balancing, failover on crash](https://youtu.be/XSMV_eM-jgk?t=153s) (2:30)

🛠️ [Free trial here](https://safekit.eviden.com/quick-install/safekit-quick-installation-guide-for-a-new-windows-application-with-network-load-balancing-and-failover/)

### SafeKit Video: Free Certification Platform Tutorial (6:11) {#demo-certification}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [The Training and Certification Platform](https://youtu.be/ijH4zXtn_3s?t=0s) (1:41)
  2. 🎬 [What is a SafeKit Training Module?](https://youtu.be/ijH4zXtn_3s?t=101s) (1:57)
  3. 🎬 [How to Earn a SafeKit Certificate?](https://youtu.be/ijH4zXtn_3s?t=218s) (1:40)
  4. 🎬 [Share Your Certificate on LinkedIn](https://youtu.be/ijH4zXtn_3s?t=318s) (0:53)

[Training and certification platform here](https://training.my.evidian.com/)

### SafeKit Video: Competition and Cluster Architectures (13:21) {#safekit-competition}

#### Chapters

  1. 🎬 [Introduction](https://youtu.be/DKra6YVLGZk?t=0s) (4:10)
  2. 🎬 [Cluster of virtual machines](https://youtu.be/DKra6YVLGZk?t=250s) (1:20)
  3. 🎬 [Mirror cluster](https://youtu.be/DKra6YVLGZk?t=330s) (6:04)
  4. 🎬 [Farm cluster](https://youtu.be/DKra6YVLGZk?t=694s) (1:46)

[See SafeKit vs. Traditional HA Cluster Comparison](https://safekit.eviden.com/#safekit-ha-comparison "Detailed comparison of SafeKit software vs traditional hardware-based HA clusters")

### SafeKit Video: Console on Smartphone (0:42) {#demo-console}

#### Chapter

  1. 🎬 [Console on Smartphone for Cluster Management](https://youtu.be/W_qaeZmEozAs?t=0s) (0:42)

### SafeKit Video: Email Notifications on Failover (0:56) {#demo-notifications}

#### Chapter

  1. 🎬 [Email Notifications on Failover](https://youtu.be/arSUU45_AJs?t=0s) (0:56)