A standard Assure MIMIX for AIX system configuration consists of at least two similar servers: a production server and a recovery server. A production server is where the production application resides, and the recovery server is where a data replica is maintained, rapid recoveries of the production data can be initialized, any point-in-time may be virtualized, and enterprise processes may be off-loaded from the production server. The production server’s data is restored from the recovery server.