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Re: [IPsec] Issue #177. (was: HA/LS terminology)

Rodney Van Meter <rdv@sfc.wide.ad.jp> Tue, 23 March 2010 21:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [IPsec] Issue #177. (was: HA/LS terminology)
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On Mar 24, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote:

> On Tue, March 23, 2010 1:20 pm, Yoav Nir wrote:
>> - For the cluster with just one member doing IKE and IPsec, I propose
>> "hot-standby cluster"
>> - For the cluster with several members doing IKE and IPsec, I  
>> propose to
>> keep "load-sharing cluster"
>
> I think "failover" is in broader use than "hot standby"
> and would tend to prefer it myself, but I think either is clear.
>

I'm okay with "failover cluster" as a description of the cluster  
type.  For the node itself, I think referring to it as the "hot  
standby node" is probably a little clearer than the "failover node".

But I'm okay either way, I'll leave it to the actual document editor.

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