{"id":31203,"date":"2013-06-06T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.open-e.com\/?p=31203"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:42:04","slug":"active-active-ha-cluster-setup-with-mpio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/active-active-ha-cluster-setup-with-mpio\/","title":{"rendered":"Active-Active HA Cluster setup with MPIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tSo far, during our webcasts and in the how-to materials, we have promoted an Active-Active setup with MPIO and bonding. This time, we will take a closer look at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.open-e.com\/bonding-versus-mpio-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPIO<\/a>-only configuration which can be particularly helpful if all your storage network ports are 10GbE.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: #999999 1px solid; float: right; padding: 5px; margin: 2px; font-size: 10px; width: 190px; text-align: left; margin-left: 15px;\">Check out the latest how-to about the Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active Load Balanced iSCSI HA Cluster (without bonding) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open-e.com\/site_media\/download\/documents\/Open-E-DSS-V7-Active-Active-Load-Balanced-iSCSI-HA-Cluster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Our moderator will take you through the complete configuration process, showing you the best practices for configuring the most important functions. Additionally, with a help of Iometer, we will test how the performance is affected when the load balancing is deactivated.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s have a look at some of the topics which were discussed this time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Options for Active-Active HA cluster with Zero Single Point Of Failure configuration<\/li>\n<li>Network adapters configuration<\/li>\n<li>Running Iometer \u2013 best practices for testing your storage performance<\/li>\n<li>Load balancing in Active-Active setup<\/li>\n<li>How to configure host binding and volume replication tasks<\/li>\n<li>How to remove logical volumes from resource pool when volume replication is active<\/li>\n<li>Creating iSCSI Targets on both nodes<\/li>\n<li>Best practices for configuring auxiliary paths (heartbeats) and ping nodes<\/li>\n<li>Configuring resource pools<\/li>\n<li>Configuring iSCSI targets and MPIO within Microsoft iSCSI Initiator<\/li>\n<li>Examples of SSD disks for caching and cheap 10GbE switches on the market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the button below to watch the webcast:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open-e.com\/service-and-support\/library\/webcasts-and-videos\/?click=1351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.open-e.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Play-now-Button.png\" alt=\"Play now - Button\" width=\"200\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried our software yet, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open-e.com\/download\/open-e-data-storage-software-v7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download <\/a> a free 60 day trial from our website now!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far, during our webcasts and in the how-to materials, we have promoted an Active-Active setup with MPIO and bonding. 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