Backup Server.

A platform carrying live forex and exchange market operations from a trading mobile app cannot run without a backup, which is why one ships in every tier.

A Backup Server is included in every TM9 license tier.

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Inside TM9 2.0.

The client-side view the Backup Server helps protect, from the TM9 2.0 app: real-time quotes, the portfolio hub, open positions, EUR/USD alerts and balance, equity and margin.

TM9 EUR/USD chart with alerts - backup server analysis

TM9 balance equity margin panel - backup server risk view

TM9 live quotes and close position - backup server trading

TM9 portfolio hub with alerts - backup server overview

TM9 open positions view - backup server context

What This Covers.

No TM9 licence goes live without a Backup Server: Standard, Business and Express each include one next to the Trade, History and Access servers, so recovery planning starts on day one.

Why it's standard

It ships in all three tiers rather than as an upgrade, so no license runs without one.

With the other servers

It completes the set alongside the Trade, History and Access servers.

Your rollout plan

How it fits your infrastructure is one of the things we go through before pricing is confirmed.

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Backup Planning in Every Tier.

Three notes on why the backup role is bundled and who plans around it.

Why is the Backup Server included in every tier?

A backup server is only interesting on the day something fails, which is exactly why it is bundled into all three tiers rather than sold separately. No TM9 license runs without one, and no broker has to argue for it as an extra line on a quote.

When should brokers start planning backups and recovery?

Having a backup server in every tier means recovery planning starts on day one rather than after an incident. How often backups run and where they are stored is decided with your infrastructure team during rollout.

Who needs to read about backup planning?

Backup planning is read by the people responsible for continuity: technical leads and operations managers who need to say what happens if a component fails, before a regulator or a client asks.

Where This Fits.

The Backup Server is the continuity piece of the TM9 server set, working out of sight of traders. For the apps and terminals it helps keep running, see the TM9 home page.

The server set

The Backup Server is one of four server roles in every deployment, next to the Trade Server for order flow, the History Server for the record and the Access Server for terminal connections. Only the trade-server count varies by tier, with one in Standard and Business and four in Express, while the backup role stays the same. Gateways are the separate line on a quote, added upon order.

Where backup fits among the server roles

Continuity is the Backup Server's job, while Trade, History and Access handle order flow, the record and terminal connections. A broker on Standard or Business gets the same backup role as one on Express, even though Express runs four trade servers instead of one. Gateways are ordered on their own, so the backup set-up does not depend on which outside systems a broker connects.

Good to know

You never have to choose a tier to get a backup: the role is fixed in all three, and only the trade-server count moves from one to four in Express. Gateways stay outside the bundle and are added upon order. How often backups run, how long they are kept and where they live is agreed on the rollout call, before pricing is confirmed.