a redundant component in a fault tolerant storage system that has power applied and is ready to operate, but which does not perform its task as long as the primary component for which it is standing by is functioning properly
A backup system configured in such a way that it may be used if the system goes down
A member system that is available to run an ASE service if the primary member system running the service fails
In an asymmetric (single diskset) configuration, the machine that is not the current master of the diskset If both servers reboot simultaneously, the hot standby will not master the diskset and thus will not be running any Solstice HA data services