Synchronous stretch cluster across two sites for zero data loss
- Synchronous replication
- Every write committed to both sites before acknowledgment
- Zero data loss (RPO = 0)
- No data loss even if entire site fails
- Automatic site failover
- VMs restart at surviving site within seconds
- Active-active capable
- Run workloads at both sites simultaneously
- Witness node
- Third-site arbitrator prevents split-brain scenarios
- Distance limits
- Sites must be within ~100km for acceptable latency (<5ms RTT)
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- Zero (no data loss)
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Seconds (automatic VM restart)
- Use case
- Mission-critical workloads requiring zero data loss (finance, healthcare, emergency services)