I guess the problem is the entire concept of "high availability" means your system will be able to handle the fall of one equipment without creating a downtime event, but in terms of Check Point, High Availability means configuring a cluster to work with one firewall module active and the other one in standby mode, while Load Sharing means both fw modules active sharing the load of traffic. That's why you can only select one of them, but in general, any of the 2 options achieves the concept itself.
Just bare in mind you purchased a Cluster XL license which is basically done specifically to be able to do Load Sharing (active/standby HA does not require it), so I guess it would be better to get something out of that money you spent. Regards On 9/24/07, pkc_mls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris van der Merwe a écrit : > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have a simple question. We have a ClusterXL - Load Sharing Add-on for > VPN-1 cluster up to 500 users. We also have 2 licenses for the gateways: 1 x > High Availability VPN-1 Gateway and 1 x VPN-1 Express Gateway . > > > > Why when I create the cluster in the SmartCenter does the configuration > wizard force me to choose either a Load Balancing installation or a High > Availability installation? Why can I not install both? > > > > > load sharing allows you to distribute the connections to both actoive > devices. > but in case one device fails, the other will accept all the connections > and take all the load. > > Thanks! > > Chris > > > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= > -- Sergio Alvarez (506)8301342 ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
