Does Hyperion Support Failover?

Question

Hi Experts
I need some information on how Hyperion APS prevents failover of an existing Application/Database. I need to create a backup plan for AAS 9.3.1 and I have read online that "
Hyperion System 9 Analytic High Availability Services enables the distribution of processing across multiple physical servers, thereby increasing application availability. Features include connection pooling, cube clustering, load balancing and *automatic failover*."
Can someone please tell me where can I find more detailed information on failover process and how does this actually work.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Their is virtually no information in the DBAG on this, and precious little anywhere else. In my mind, this is a placeholder for things to come more than anything real -- like marketing ran it in for a touchdown before the referees noticed the players weren't on the field.
I'm sure they have a good example or two where it was successfully implemented -- but it's likely that there is an army of support people behind the initial effort and a slightly smaller army still supporting it.
Based on the cost and methods, it is often easier to go with an external load balancing solution and have multiple "identical" servers deal with it. It's more of a "real" answer than the current support that is given natively. Yes, the SOA approach has made good strides to support it "in theory", but the configuration and licensing requirements just don't shore it up in a meaningful (or particularly useful) manner.
Of course, System 11 may have made some headway here, but the evidence hasn't been well publisized if so, and I would think it would be heralded in with a lot of fanfare if they did. Why? Because it's one of the relatively few weak spots in the overall product.