Hi,

I read your answer, but it doesn't really answer my question...I'm aware of the typical setup with replication involved. But that's the case for two boxes having their own local storage. My setup would be using two boxes running on top of shared FC storage...and one extra box that 's passive and should only be used to replace one of the two active boxes in case of failure.

My question regarding that setup is it possible to use that extra box as a spare and how to get that second box failover the broken one...I know it isn't an automatic failover. Main issue would be to get the spare to run with the config of the active box that has failed...so all FC imports, volumes and exported lun's will be available again within the shortest time...

Using a demo cd wouldn't be much of a help...I'm not going to invest in the other equipment unless I'm certain of this...

So if you could be some more specific I would be happy