Service

Service

This page allows you to monitor certain services. If a monitored service fails on the active server, the system will failover to the standby, passive server (as long as the passive server is operating normally).

To monitor a service:

  1. Find the service that you wish to monitor. Tick the checkbox next to it.
  2. Click Apply to save settings.

Supported Services

Services that can be monitored are as follows: Windows File Service, iSCSI Target, FTP, Mac File Service, NFS Service.

Quorum Server

Quorum servers can help reduce the possibility of split-brain errors. In split-brain settings, you can assign another server as the quorum server, as long as it constantly connects to both the active and passive servers. For example, a gateway server or DNS server is a suitable choice for quorum server because it can connect to both the active and passive servers. Please note that quorum server is to provide Ping services only, and no applications are required to be installed. Below are circumstances that will follow when quorum server is enabled: