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NetApp has updated its MetroCluster software to support storage array failover to remote site storage in VMware environments. MetroCluster is software that, using replication, synchronously mirrors data writes from a primary NetApp FAS array to one in a remote site, across a campus or metro area, up to 100km away. It runs in …

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  1. myxiplx

    Is it a cluster or not?

    The article says the two arrays form a high availability cluster, but then later on say that it can only fail over if the storage controller stays running.

    So is it clustered or not? Do you actually have a HA cluster of two storage controllers here, or do you just have a remote mirroring & failover solution that still has a single point of failure?

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  2. Dan C

    Re: Is it a cluster or not?

    You need two sets of controllers and disks.

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