Cluster vs High Availability (VRRP):

1) Clustering lets you scale to many firewalls doing the work of one.  HA only permits 
one at a time.

2) Troubleshooting HA is simple (you only need to look at the master), Troubleshooting 
Clustered becomes complex because you need to look at -all- firewalls at the same time.

3) For true failover, Clustered requires three firewalls, HA requires only two.

4) Each firewall, no matter how deployed, requires a Checkpoint Enforcement point 
license.  Clustered Environments in a true failover mode require three licenses per 
"logical firewall", HA requires only two.

My two cents: For almost all deployments, HA makes more sense than Clustering.  
Clustering is neat, its cool, its spiffy, but it's not without its caveats.  I can't 
overlook those when troubleshooting multiple "logical" enforcement points at the same 
time.. its much easier to snoop two firewalls  than it is six...




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Subject: [FW-1] Nokia Ip Cluster vs VRRP

Hi All..
What are the advantages or disadvantages for using Nokia Ip Cluster vs VRRP?
Is the change from VRRP to IP Cluster a painful process?
Where can I find more informations and how-tos to Ip Clustering?

Thank you!



Adriano Dias
Security Analyst
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�9647-3919


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