QNAP HA Demo | High Availability NAS Setup, Failover & Real‑World Use Cases | DiGiCOR Demonstrate

Описание: High availability is no longer optional for business‑critical workloads.
In this video, the DiGiCOR team demonstrates QNAP High Availability (HA) in a real‑world scenario — showing how it’s configured, how it operates, and what actually happens during a failover event.
We walk through:

The active‑passive HA architecture
How synchronous replication keeps data consistent
What happens when the primary node fails
How services continue running with minimal disruption
How QNAP HA is deployed and managed in practice

This is a technical demonstration, not a sales pitch — aimed at IT teams, system integrators, and businesses that need uptime for virtualisation, file services, and critical applications.
If you’re evaluating HA storage or looking for a cost‑effective alternative to traditional enterprise HA platforms, this video will give you a clear, honest view of how QNAP HA works.

🔗 Learn more about QNAP High Availability from DiGiCOR:
https://www.digicor.com.au/qnap-ha
https://www.digicor.co.nz/qnap-ha


[00:00] Intro
[00:19] Introduction to QNAP High Availability (HA) manager
[01:04] Hardware and software requirements for HA setup
[02:54] Specific storage configuration requirements
[04:03] Networking requirements: Cluster Network vs. Heartbeat Connection
[06:29] Overview of the demo environment (TVS-h474 models)
[09:42] Live Demo: Beginning the configuration process
[11:13] Checking primary NAS network and storage settings
[14:34] Verifying secondary NAS settings for consistency
[17:47] Installing High Availability Manager on both devices
[19:51] Launching the Cluster Creation Wizard
[22:45] Configuring Cluster and Heartbeat network interfaces
[24:37] Naming the cluster and assigning a Virtual IP (VIP)
[26:13] Finalizing cluster creation and synchronization warnings
[32:41] Connecting to the new cluster instance via VIP
[34:36] Mapping the shared cluster drive on a Windows client
[36:43] Failover Test: Simulating a hardware failure (Pulling power)
[38:05] Verifying automatic failover and data persistence
[39:16] Restoring power and observing the "Failback" process
[48:34] Overview of additional management options (Updates & Manual Switchover)