Citrix’s definition of HA

Today we had a very interesting presentation from Citrix. At one point the discussion was about the Citrix’s definition of High Availability.

I really can imagine that this is getting a confusing discussion. VMware says: HA is to resolve a single host failure. Citrix however also calls live migration a form of HA.

I can’t argue with that but to keep the discussions and comparisons clear it is essential to specify what you define as HA. I think both are right, but the trouble is that, when comparing products, people think they have a solution for hardware failure, but instead they can do a live migration.

I hopefully that in the future both parties start using the same names for the same options, or at least explain what their option is.

Tags: Citrix, HA

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About Anne Jan Elsinga

Anne Jan Elsinga is a Consultant for Imtech ICT in the Netherlands. He spends his working hours with a lot of virtualization stuff, from feasibility to implementation for server virtualization/consolidation and desktop virtualization. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he was awarded with the VMware vExpert status. In the night time he dances latin, ballroom and salsa and he also discovered the pleasure of diving.

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http://www.yellow-bricks.com/ Duncan

When we, as vmware consultants, talk about HA we talk about the product / feature. When other, non vmware consultant, talk about HA they talk about the concept High Availability. VMotion or Live Migration or Xenmotion increases uptime and thus can be considered part of HA. It’s confusing indeed, and Citrix uses it at the moment to mislead possible customers.

btw install the “no self pings” plugin, saves you the needless comments when you refer to your own blog article
http://www.yellow-bricks.com Duncan

When we, as vmware consultants, talk about HA we talk about the product / feature. When other, non vmware consultant, talk about HA they talk about the concept High Availability. VMotion or Live Migration or Xenmotion increases uptime and thus can be considered part of HA. It’s confusing indeed, and Citrix uses it at the moment to mislead possible customers.

btw install the “no self pings” plugin, saves you the needless comments when you refer to your own blog article
http://www.vmguru.nl/ Tazz

Hello Duncan, thnx for the tip. Plugin is installed.
http://www.vmguru.nl Tazz

Hello Duncan, thnx for the tip. Plugin is installed.