Consort also provide database clustering services to achieve high availability, easier scalability, and easier manageability.

A database cluster is a group of independent database servers managed as a single system. High availability is achieved through the elimination or reduction of single points of failure. The system can survive most hardware or software failures through the utilization of redundant components. Essentially, there is an on-line spare of each component that can automatically take over in the event of a failure.

Consort's database services manage two, 2-node active-passive fail-over clustering services.

Clustering succeeds through the shared used of a disk array, Two identically configured systems have direct access to an external mirrored disk array. Only one system is actually 'active' at any one time: the other system is running and ready to take over in the event of a hardware or software failure on the live system; it is considered to be the 'passive system. This kind of configuration is commonly referred to as active/passive. Each server checks the uptime of the other via "heartbeats" If the active server is halted for maintenance purposes, or due to a system crash, the passive machine will take over and provide the database service. This process of one server automatically shifting workload to another is call "fail-over".