{"id":41703,"date":"2014-08-28T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T13:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.open-e.com\/?p=41703"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:40:24","slug":"open-e-dss-v7-active-active-high-availability-cluster-with-vmware-esxi-5-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/open-e-dss-v7-active-active-high-availability-cluster-with-vmware-esxi-5-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active HA-Cluster with VMware ESXi 5.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWe prepared an easy to follow video tutorial for our data storage software \u2013 Open-E DSS V7. Our moderator will take you through the complete configuration process of creating Active-Active High Availability Clusters using the VMware platform.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/products\/data-storage-software-v7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open-E DSS V7<\/a> has achieved the VMware Ready\u2122 status which means that after a detailed validation process it has met specific VMware integration and interoperability standards, works effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure and is listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/partnerweb.vmware.com\/comp_guide2\/detail.php?deviceCategory=san&amp;productid=34141&amp;vcl=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMware Hardware Compatibility List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the topics below, to get an idea of what is going to be discussed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure (ZSPOF) setup with MPIO and bonding<\/li>\n<li>Zero-Single-Point-of-Failure setup with MPIO only (with step-by-step demo)<\/li>\n<li>Ping nodes &#8211; best practices<\/li>\n<li>Heartbeat paths &#8211; best practices<\/li>\n<li>Performance &#8211; best practices (SSD Cache &amp; Low cost 10Gbit-based setup)<\/li>\n<li>Active-Active Load Balanced Cluster with Open-E DSS V7\u00a0 (step-by-step setup)<\/li>\n<li>VMware ESXi 5.5 HA cluster (step-by-step setup)<\/li>\n<li>Running virtual machines and testing the cluster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fQAjeE9Nso\" width=\"580\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis tutorial is also available in German. Watch it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LE47QtX5ypE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As an additional resource, check out these documents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/site_media\/download\/documents\/Open-E_DSS_V7_Active-Active_iSCSI_Failover.pdf\">Step-by-Step Guide to Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active iSCSI Failover<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/site_media\/download\/documents\/Open-E-DSS-V7-Active-Active-Load-Balanced-iSCSI-HA-Cluster.pdf\">Open-E DSS V7 Active-Active Load Balanced iSCSI HA Cluster (without bonding)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/products\/open-e-data-storage-software-v7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/blog_open-e.png\" alt=\"Download DSS V7\" width=\"578\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/blog_open-e.png 578w, https:\/\/www.open-e.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/blog_open-e-570x94.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We prepared an easy to follow video tutorial for our data storage software \u2013 Open-E DSS V7. 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