Systems and methods are described for service availability that provides
automated recovery of server service in a timely and application
intelligent manner, maintaining application consistency and integrity,
while preserving server identity. The systems and methods, referred to
herein as a Service Preservation System (SPS), manage complete recovery
of server data and preserve continuity of server service, reestablishing
user access to server(s) after an event or disaster in which in which
primary or other server(s) fail. The failures, disasters, and losses
referred to herein can be at many levels and include, but are not limited
to, accidental deletion of an item, loss of an entire mailbox, loss of an
entire disk drive, loss of an entire server, and/or loss of an entire
server site.