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* Primary Host \\ Sized to run all the workloads with headroom for future growth. | * Primary Host \\ Sized to run all the workloads with headroom for future growth. | ||
* Backup Host \\ Configured to have at least the same level of resources as the Primary. | * Backup Host \\ Configured to have at least the same level of resources as the Primary. | ||
- | * Shared Local Storage \\ VMware VSA, Starwind iSCSI SAN, HP Lefthand VSA, DRBD, etc. generally have a guest on each host that owns most of the local storage. The storage is maintained in a mirrored state and is then presented back to the hosts as shared storage. \\ Best practice is to have separate "air gap" switching infrastucture. | + | * Shared Local Storage \\ VMware VSAN, Starwind iSCSI SAN, HP Lefthand VSA, DRBD, etc. generally have a guest on each host that owns most of the local storage. The storage is maintained in a mirrored state and is then presented back to the hosts as shared storage. \\ Best practice is to have separate "air gap" switching infrastucture. |
* Since the hypervisor sees storage as shared, high availability features (auto guest reboot on backup host in case of primary host failure) and live migration are possible. | * Since the hypervisor sees storage as shared, high availability features (auto guest reboot on backup host in case of primary host failure) and live migration are possible. | ||
* You still need backup software. | * You still need backup software. |