Toronto’s non-profit internet exchange replaced an unreplicated setup with a two-node cluster split across two sites.
The situation
The Toronto Internet Exchange runs services its members depend on, including portals, telemetry, web and mail. Its virtual environment had no replication, so one failure meant an outage.
What they did
TorIX deployed StorMagic SvSAN as a two-node cluster on its existing hypervisor, with the nodes 3 km apart. It chose SvSAN because it was simple to manage and avoided the bulky hardware other options required.
The result
TorIX reports full redundancy, with downtime all but eliminated.
Why it matters
Two buildings, two servers and no SAN is a design any Canadian organization with a second site can use.
Source: StorMagic. This organization is a StorMagic customer, not a Connex client.