About global clusters terminology

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
In a global cluster configuration, a global cluster is at the local site and its corresponding remote cluster is at a remote site. At least one global service group is configured on both the local cluster and on the remote cluster.
In the context of the global cluster management task descriptions, global and remote have the following definitions:
  • Global indicates the following:
    • The cluster or the service group is configured at the local site.
    • The cluster or the service group is also configured with a specific failover target cluster or failover target group at a distant remote site.
Remote indicates the following:
  • The cluster or the service group is configured at a distant site, far away from the local site.
  • The cluster or the service group is configured as a failover target for its global counterpart.
The terms are switched if the perspective is from the remote site.
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