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HA, Active-Active or Active-Passive

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Dears Expertise,

we have 2 PA-3220, and we think to configure HA between those devices,

now what is the best practices for mentioned topic   

Active-Active or Active-Passive

just i want to know what is the essential difference between them, when i need to use Active-Active or Active-Passive

 

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Hi @Mahmoud-Osama ,

 

For deciding between using active/active or active/passive please check the following page where the differences between the different HA modes is explained:

 

HA modes 

 

Cheers !

-Kiwi

 

 
 
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Hi @Mahmoud-Osama ,

 

Choosing type of HA mode (Active-Passive or Active-Active) depends on the different use cases and requirements. Active-Passive is comparatively simple design.

 

One of the preferred reasons to use Active-Active setup is when you have Asymmetric Routing. Having said that, there are few other use cases of having A-A setup like when you need to load balance traffic on both instances in real time.

Active-Passive mode is mostly preferred one unless you have some specific use cases as given above which can be fulfilled using Active-Active setup only.

 

Article shared by @kiwi will give you more understanding about the HA modes.

 

Hope it helps!

M

@SutareMayur

thanks for your reply, what i am understanding is as per the article, the active-active mode is not  "Load-balance traffic".

 

Active/Active mode has faster failover and can handle peak traffic flows better than Active/Passive mode because both firewalls are actively processing traffic.

 

So, I need to understand what is best for me, Active-Active or Active-Passive

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