At 10:41 AM +1000 2000/3/31, Carl Makin wrote:
> heh, the buzzword for this is "Dynamic Failover". :) In management
> circles where the current focus is on 24x7, this is seen as a distinct
> advantage.
Okay, then I'd certainly like to have that.
> "Dual Pathing" the buzzword for using both paths to the device would also
> be desirable, but then you get into things like wanting to optimise data
> paths depending on how busy each path is.
Ahh, right. Basically you're talking about active/active load
balancing. Yup, I'd like to have that, too.
> No, sorry. I can't actually say what box we're buying yet since we
> haven't signed the contract. :(
You may be fortunate -- we were stupid enough to sign a three
year lease on equipment we thought would do the job, but are now
having some problems with. ;-(
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