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title: "Active-Active Clustering Software with Real-Time Replication & Mutual Failover"
description: "Active-Active Clustering Software with Real-Time Replication & Mutual Failover How the active active cluster with real-time replication works?"
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<h1 id="active-active-clustering-software-with-real-time-replication--mutual-failover">Active-Active Clustering Software with Real-Time Replication &amp; Mutual Failover</h1>
<h2 id="how-the-active-active-cluster-with-real-time-replication-works">How the active active cluster with real-time replication works?</h2>
<h3 id="active--active-cluster-with-real-time-replication">Active- active cluster with real-time replication</h3>
<p>Applications are running on two servers in mutual failover. Each server is backup of the other server. And each application works on its own replicated file directories.</p>
<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/safekit-mirror-mirror-300-1.png" width="300" alt="SafeKit active active cluster with real-time replication">
<p>If one server fails in an active active cluster, all applications will be active on the same server. After restart of the failed server, applications will return to run on their default primary server.</p>
<h3 id="how-it-works">How it works?</h3>
<p>The SafeKit active active cluster is simply configured by deploying two mirror modules with real-time replication. Each mirror module contains its own configuration of virtual IP address, real-time replicated directories and restart scripts.</p>
<p>Note that:</p>
<ul>
<li>the 2 applications Appli1 and Appli2 must be installed on each server for application failover,</li>
<li>this architecture is not reduced to 2 applications: N application modules can be deployed on 2 servers with a maximum of 25 modules,</li>
<li>each mirror module will have its own virtual IP address, its own replicated file directories and its own recovery scripts.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="example-of-an-active-active-cluster">Example of an active active cluster</h3>
<p>The <a href="/solutions/hyper-v-replication-automatic-failover-load-balancing/">Hyper-V</a> or <a href="/solutions/linux-kvm-high-availability-replication-automatic-failover-load-balancing/">KVM</a> solution with replication, automatic failover and load balancing of VMs is an example of an active-active cluster with N mirror modules replicating N virtual machines between two physical servers.</p>
<p>In this configuration, a mirror module replicates a full virtual machine and restarts the virtual machine in case of failure.</p>
<p>There is no virtual IP address in such a module because restarting a VM on a server makes automatically the failover of the VM physical IP address.</p>
<p>And a critical application is installed inside a VM in this architecture.</p>
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<td><strong>Key Features</strong></td>
<td>Why Choose SafeKit for Simple and Cost-Effective High Availability?</td>
<td><a href="/#why-choose-safekit-for-ha" title="Discover SafeKit features for simple and cost-effective high availability">See Why Choose SafeKit for High Availability</a></td>
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<td><strong>Use Cases</strong></td>
<td>Explore How SafeKit Ensures the High Availability of Critical Infrastructure</td>
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<td>All-in-One SANless HA: Shared-Nothing Software Clustering</td>
<td><a href="/#all-in-one-sanless-ha" title="Learn about all-in-one SANless high availability with shared-nothing software clustering">See SafeKit All-in-One SANless HA</a></td>
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<td><strong>HA Strategies</strong></td>
<td>SafeKit: Infrastructure (VM) vs. Application-Level High Availability</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-ha-redundancy-choices" title="Compare VM-level redundancy with SafeKit application-level high availability strategies">See SafeKit HA &amp; Redundancy: VM vs. Application Level</a></td>
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<td><strong>Technical Specifications</strong></td>
<td>Technical Limitations for SafeKit Clustering</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-ha-limitations" title="Technical requirements and limitations for SafeKit application clustering">See SafeKit High Availability Limitations</a></td>
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<td><strong>Proof of Concept</strong></td>
<td>SafeKit: High Availability Configuration &amp; Failover Demos</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-failover-tutorials" title="Step-by-step videos on SafeKit high availability, from installation to automated failover">See SafeKit Failover Tutorials</a></td>
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<td><strong>Architecture</strong></td>
<td>How the SafeKit Mirror Cluster works (Real-Time Replication &amp; Failover)</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-mirror-cluster" title="See technical architecture and failover mechanism of SafeKit Mirror Cluster">See SafeKit Mirror Cluster: Real-Time Replication &amp; Failover</a></td>
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<td><strong>Architecture</strong></td>
<td>How the SafeKit Farm Cluster works (Network Load Balancing &amp; Failover)</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-farm-cluster" title="Technical overview of SafeKit Farm Cluster architecture with network load balancing">See SafeKit Farm Cluster: Network Load Balancing &amp; Failover</a></td>
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<td><strong>Competitive Advantages</strong></td>
<td>Comparison: SafeKit vs. Traditional High Availability (HA) Clusters</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-ha-comparison" title="Detailed comparison of SafeKit software vs traditional hardware-based HA clusters">See SafeKit vs. Traditional HA Cluster Comparison</a></td>
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<td><strong>Technical Resources</strong></td>
<td>SafeKit High Availability: Documentation, Downloads &amp; Trial</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-ha-technical-resources" title="Access SafeKit free trial, technical documentation, and high availability white papers">See SafeKit HA Free Trial &amp; Technical Documentation</a></td>
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<td><strong>Pre-configured Solutions</strong></td>
<td>SafeKit Application Module Library: Ready-to-Use HA Solutions</td>
<td><a href="/#safekit-ha-application-modules" title="Browse the library of pre-configured SafeKit modules for automated application failover">See SafeKit High Availability Application Modules</a></td>
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