VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4Community Feedback1 vote Related CategoriesTechnical Resource | Technical White Paper | vSphere 4 | VMware | Business Continuity (Backup & HA) | PDF Publisher: Latest Revision: Download: DescriptionVMware Fault Tolerance (FT) is a feature available with VMware vSphere 4 (i.e., ESX 4 and vCenter Server 4) that allows a virtual machine to continue running even when the underlying physical server fails. It is a software solution that runs on commodity hardware and does not require any modifications to the guest operating system or applications running inside the virtual machine. This paper gives a brief overview of how VMware FT works and provides a list of requirements. The paper also describes several usage scenarios along with application and reliability recommendations. Finally, a summary of performance recommendations is included. « BACK... |
