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ExpressCluster X 2.0 for Windows Reference Guide - Nec

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Understanding hybrid disk resources<br />

Dependencies of hybrid disk resources<br />

Hybrid disk<br />

By default, hybrid disk resources do not depend on any group resource type.<br />

Section II Resource details<br />

Understanding hybrid disk resources<br />

A hybrid disk resource is a resource in which disk resource and mirror disk resource are<br />

combined. When you use a disk resource, a failover group can per<strong>for</strong>m failover only to the<br />

cluster server connected to the same shared disk. On the other hand, in hybrid disk, by mirroring<br />

the data in the shared disk, failover can be per<strong>for</strong>med to a server which is not connected to the<br />

shared disk. This enables configuring a remote cluster as in the following figure, where failover<br />

is per<strong>for</strong>med in the active site upon normal failure, while failover can be per<strong>for</strong>med to the<br />

stand-by site when a disaster occurs.<br />

Failover<br />

Operation<br />

Active server group<br />

Router<br />

Intranet<br />

Router<br />

Stand-by site can<br />

be redundant by<br />

shared disk<br />

configuration<br />

Synchronous/asynchronous<br />

mirroring Stand-by server group<br />

In hybrid disk, a group of servers that is connected to the shared disk is referred to as a server<br />

group. Disk mirroring is per<strong>for</strong>med between two server groups. A server which does not use the<br />

shared disk is a server group in which there is only one server.<br />

Like mirror disk resources, mirroring takes place in each partition, where RAW partition (cluster<br />

partition) to record management in<strong>for</strong>mation is required as well as data partition which is the<br />

mirroring target. It is necessary that each server using hybrid disk resource has a license <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>ExpressCluster</strong> X Replicator DR <strong>2.0</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Windows</strong>.<br />

Notes on hybrid disk<br />

� Data partition size<br />

The sizes of data partitions to be mirrored need to be exactly the same by byte.<br />

If the type or geometry of the disks differs, you may fail to configure the same size <strong>for</strong> partitions.<br />

If this happens, check the precise size of data partitions of the servers by the clpvolsz command<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e configuring hybrid disk resource. If the sizes are not consistent, run the lpvolsz command<br />

again to contract the larger partition.<br />

For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on the clpvolsz command, see “Chapter 4 <strong>ExpressCluster</strong> command<br />

reference”.<br />

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