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Are you a VMware FT and HA master? Take the quiz to find out

Are you a VMware FT and HA master? Take the quiz to find out

Meredith Courtemanche

Not every VMware-based virtual infrastructure has demanding uptime requirements, but those that do rely on high availability and fault tolerance tools. These terms may have a lot in common, but they don't mean the same thing to your infrastructure.

VMware has made major revisions to its Fault Tolerance (FT) and High Availability (HA) tools in recent releases. Take the quiz to see how well you know VMware's FT and HA products and how the current versions work.

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This was first published in November 2012

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