In a high availability cluster, one appliance acts as the active primary appliance, and one acts as the passive primary appliance. The passive primary appliance automatically takes over as the new active primary appliance if the active primary appliance encounters an error and is unable to recover.
Deploy this cluster configuration if you want to ensure that Deep Discovery Analyzer capabilities remain available even when the appliance encounters an error and is unable to recover.
The following figure shows two Deep Discovery Analyzer appliances deployed in a high availability cluster configuration and how integrating products communicate with Deep Discovery Analyzer.
Note
Note
  • Trend Micro recommends updating the firmware on a Deep Discovery Analyzer appliance to the latest version before deployment in a high availability cluster.
  • The active primary appliance and the passive primary appliance must be connected using eth3.
  • Trend Micro recommends using a Category 6 or higher Ethernet cable to directly connect the active primary appliance and passive primary appliance using eth3.
  • Trend Micro recommends directly connecting the active primary appliance and the passive primary appliance to minimize potential points of failures.
  • If the active primary appliance is not connected to the passive primary appliance directly (for example, if they are in different data centers), the following requirements must be met:
    • The appliances must be Deep Discovery Analyzer 1100, 1200, or 1300.
    • The connections between the appliances must meet the following conditions:
      • Network latency is less than 15 ms
      • Packet loss ratio is less than 0.000001%
      • Network bandwidth is greater than 240Mbps
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High Availability Cluster