High availability and disaster recovery remain foundational—but often operationally complex—requirements for enterprise IT. With the release of LifeKeeper v10, SIOS Technology is aiming to simplify that reality by introducing a new web-based management console that brings unified visibility and control across both Windows and Linux environments. The update reflects a broader push in the industry to make resilience platforms easier to operate as infrastructures become more heterogeneous and automated.

For system administrators managing clustered, mission-critical workloads, the release centers on one key shift: reducing the friction of running high availability across mixed operating systems without sacrificing control or reliability.

A Unified Control Plane for Mixed Environments

At the core of LifeKeeper v10 is the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC), which replaces fragmented management experiences with a single, browser-based interface. Historically, managing HA/DR across Windows and Linux has required different tools, workflows, and expertise—introducing operational gaps and increasing the risk of configuration drift.

The new console is designed to remove those barriers. With a consistent experience across platforms, administrators can now monitor cluster health, manage failover configurations, and troubleshoot issues using the same interface regardless of the underlying operating system. SIOS says the redesign also includes built-in tips and tooling intended to guide administrators through common configuration and recovery tasks.

This approach aligns with a larger trend in enterprise IT: treating availability infrastructure more like a platform service than a collection of specialized utilities. As organizations standardize on Kubernetes, hybrid cloud, and distributed application architectures, the expectation is that resilience tooling should integrate cleanly into automated, cross-platform operations.

Expanding Disaster Recovery for Modern Linux Deployments

Beyond the management layer, LifeKeeper v10 also extends SIOS’s disaster recovery capabilities deeper into newer enterprise Linux environments. The DRBD Application Recovery Kit (ARK) now integrates with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.6 and RHEL 10, expanding support for three- and four-node disaster recovery clusters.

For enterprises modernizing Linux estates or preparing for upcoming OS upgrades, this matters. DR architectures often lag behind OS transitions due to compatibility gaps or delayed vendor support. By addressing newer RHEL versions directly, SIOS is positioning LifeKeeper to stay aligned with where enterprise Linux workloads are headed—not where they were several years ago.

Complementing this, DataKeeper replication support for RHEL 10 brings block-level data replication and high availability to one of the newest enterprise Linux platforms, extending data protection strategies into next-generation infrastructure stacks.

Automation, Scripting, and Simplified Deployment

Automation is another clear focus in the v10 release. LifeKeeper now adds native PowerShell support as a scripting option for building Generic Application Recovery Kits. This opens the door for greater automation within Windows-centric environments and hybrid infrastructures where PowerShell already plays a central role in orchestration and DevOps workflows.

SIOS has also redesigned the installer experience. Instead of navigating multiple setup paths, users can now select all required components from a single interface. While seemingly incremental, installer complexity has long been a source of friction in HA/DR deployments—especially for managed service providers (MSPs) and platform teams responsible for repeatable implementations across many customer environments.

Taken together, these changes point toward a more automation-friendly and operationally consistent HA/DR platform—one intended to integrate more naturally into modern CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and platform engineering workflows.

Pricing Simplicity as a Strategic Shift

Alongside the technical updates, SIOS has also overhauled how LifeKeeper is packaged and sold. LifeKeeper v10 introduces a simplified, all-in-one pricing model, replacing what SIOS acknowledges had become a complex purchasing process.

Customers can license the software on a per-node basis, with options for perpetual licensing, subscriptions, or consumption through cloud marketplaces. For enterprises and channel partners accustomed to navigating layered clustering licenses, this simplification may be as impactful as the product features themselves—particularly for organizations standardizing HA/DR across large fleets of servers.

SIOS leadership frames the shift as a response to direct customer and partner feedback, aimed at improving transparency and accelerating deployment cycles.

What This Signals for Enterprise Resilience

The release of LifeKeeper v10 highlights two broader movements in enterprise resilience: consolidation and usability. As distributed systems grow more complex, organizations are demanding platforms that provide strong guarantees of availability without requiring deep, OS-specific expertise to operate them.

By unifying Windows and Linux management under a single web interface, expanding support for modern RHEL releases, and investing in automation and simplified licensing, SIOS is repositioning LifeKeeper for environments where uptime expectations are rising but operational tolerance for complexity is falling.

Looking ahead, as enterprises continue to modernize core systems, adopt cloud-native architectures, and push toward always-on digital services, platforms like LifeKeeper will increasingly be evaluated not just on failover speed—but on how seamlessly they integrate into automated, multi-platform operations.