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Mahmoud_Eldeeb_'s avatar
Mahmoud_Eldeeb_
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Dec 17, 2014

LTM active-active vs. active-standby

on which criteria we should decide which approach is the best? Also why many of professionals recommend active-standby approach?

 

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  • with active-standby no oversubscription possible.

     

    with active-active you should always keep in mind to not load the box over 50%.

     

    • Mahmoud_Eldeeb_'s avatar
      Mahmoud_Eldeeb_
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      if so, who have the decision of loading boxes? its an internal process
    • Vsevolod_Petrov's avatar
      Vsevolod_Petrov
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      nobody. it's just an advice. imagine that one of your box in a-a cluster loaded up to 70% and second box has 80%. when failover occurs active box will have 150%. that's why it is recommended to build N+1 clusters.