A SIOS Podcast on High Availability and Resilience
Welcome to Don't Fail Me Now, the SIOS podcast that explores the critical role of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) in keeping today's businesses running—no matter what. Each episode dives deep into the strategies, technologies, and real-world experiences shaping resilient IT infrastructures in a world where downtime is never an option.
Join our expert hosts and guests from the SIOS team as they unpack the biggest challenges and opportunities in HA/DR!
Why High Availability Matters in Video Surveillance
The conversation dives into how modern video management platforms like Milestone XProtect are scaling, the role of partner ecosystems, and how high availability solutions, including those from SIOS Technology, help ensure continuous visibility and resilience. If you’re building or managing video systems in regulated or high-risk environments, this episode highlights why designing for failure is no longer optional; it’s the standard.
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9 Jun 2026
Building the Future of High Availability
Devin Haynes, Product Owner at SIOS Technology, discusses how the SIOS product roadmap is shaped by customer experience, market trends, and emerging technologies such as automation and AI, and how it all requires trusted high availability solutions. From balancing innovation and maintenance to exploring predictive high availability, this episode offers an inside look at how resilient software is built.
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2 Jun 2026
Why SQL Server Audits Go Wrong, and How to Prevent
Ninety-seven percent of environments are virtualized. Forty percent are hybrid. That complexity makes SQL Server licensing harder to manage than most leaders realize. In this episode, Shawn M. Upchurch, Founder & CEO of UpSearch, explains why traditional SQL Server audits fall short, how visibility gaps form, and what continuous governance looks like in practice. If you want to avoid unexpected true-up costs and better understand your SQL Server licensing exposure, this episode is for you.
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26 May 2026
Behind the Scenes of Award-Winning Customer Support at SIOS
In this episode of Don’t Fail Me Now, Dave Birmingham speaks with Sandi Hamilton, Director of Product Support at SIOS Technology, about building and leading a global 24x7 customer support team. They discuss prioritizing critical outages, maintaining calm under pressure, collaborating across engineering and product management, and why the human element remains essential even in the age of AI.
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19 May 2026
Protecting the Protectors: High Availability for Security and Compliance Platforms
Security and compliance platforms are designed to safeguard your organization, but what ensures their availability when infrastructure fails?
In this episode of Don’t Fail Me Now, host Dave Bermingham is joined by Justin Chandler, Senior Solutions Engineer at Cimtrak / Cimcor, Inc., to explore how file integrity monitoring, compliance automation, and high availability work together to eliminate blind spots.
From reducing alert fatigue and enforcing secure configuration baselines to preventing data loss during outages, Justin explains why resilience must extend to the very systems responsible for monitoring your environment. The conversation also dives into trends in automation, containerization, and DevSecOps, and why continuous compliance and real-time enforcement are becoming essential in today’s always-on IT landscape.
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19 Jan 2026
SIOS Partnerships (with Harry Aujla & Kelly Burke)
Harry and Kelly take listeners inside the SIOS partner ecosystem, from cloud alliances with Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud to meaningful collaborations with strategic ISVs like Exabeam, Milestone, and Cimcor. They discuss how SIOS onboards and supports new partners, share lessons learned from years of building successful integrations, and highlight where partner-driven innovation is headed next—including opportunities in AI, hybrid cloud, and edge computing. The episode wraps with practical advice and favorite success stories that showcase the real impact of strong partnerships.
12 Jan 2026
Common Customer Misconceptions (with Greg Tucker)
High availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) are often misunderstood. Greg Tucker unravels common customer misconceptions about HA/DR—from overestimating what cloud providers guarantee to misjudging the complexity of solutions like SQL Server Always On Availability Groups. Greg shares real examples of avoidable mistakes, explains how SIOS helps customers rethink their HA/DR assumptions, and offers practical advice for IT leaders looking to make informed, resilient infrastructure decisions.
5 Jan 2026
DataKeeper (with Joey D'Antoni)
SIOS DataKeeper delivers fast, reliable block-level replication for high availability (HA) without relying on shared storage. Joey D’Antoni breaks down the real-world problems DataKeeper solves for businesses modernizing the HA architecture. Joey compares DataKeeper to traditional SAN-based clustering, explores key considerations for cloud deployments, and explains how DataKeeper enables resilient hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. He also shares insights on evolving trends in storage replication and high availability for SQL Server. A must-listen for teams modernizing their HA strategy.
29 Dec 2025
ARKs and Their Use Cases (with Cassius Rhue)
Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) play a critical role in application-aware high availability (HA). Cassius Rhue demystifies ARKs, explaining how this software add-on extends high availability beyond basic infrastructure protection by delivering intelligent, application-aware recovery. Cassius walks through real-world use cases, highlights the industries that benefit most from ARKs, and clears up common misconceptions about how they work. A great listen for anyone looking to better understand the real business value of application-aware HA.
22 Dec 2025
Linux and LifeKeeper (with Aaron West)
Linux high availability (Linux HA) is essential for protecting mission-critical Linux workloads. Aaron West breaks down why Linux remains a leading choice for high availability deployments and how SIOS LifeKeeper delivers reliable, application-aware protection for Linux-based environments. Aaron covers common challenges customers face when building Linux HA clusters, walks through a typical SIOS LifeKeeper deployment and failover scenario, and shares practical guidance for teams exploring Linux HA for the first time. A must-listen for anyone modernizing their mission-critical workloads on Linux.
26 Nov 2025
HA/DR and Business Impact (with Margaret Hoagland)
Margaret Hoagland breaks down the real business impact of downtime and why a strong high availability and disaster recovery strategy is no longer optional. We explore the biggest risks organizations face, a real-world outage with major consequences, and how teams can balance cost and risk when planning for resilience. Margaret also clarifies the difference between HA and DR, highlights emerging disaster recovery trends, and shares the key shifts that will shape the next five years of IT continuity.
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