High Availability Cluster/iX User's Manual

Chapter 1
High Availability Cluster/iX
Product Description
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Product Description
The configuration consists of multiported arrays connected to multiple computers as shown in Figure 1-1,
where each port has access to the drives on the other port. Any single computer in this topology has direct
access to the cluster volume set but all the computers in the topology agree on a single owner. All access to the
data goes through the computer that owns the volume set.
In the event that the owner computer encounters a failure, another computer in the cluster topology can take
over ownership of the cluster volume set. The system volume set can not be configured as a cluster volume
set.
Figure 1-1 Cluster/iX