Dual Data Centres 200miles apart - L2 trunking/Gigabit, is this ok?

[tholmes]

Hello All,

We've 2 data centres, one primary the other DR, we've also 2 Gigabit fibre links between the 2, 200 miles apart.

To keep the PIX Active/Standby roles across the sites, I'm investigating the idea of linking the 2 datacentres with trunks at L2.

Is this good practice?, I know in the pre-Gigabit days this was frowned upon but these days it would make sense and make design much easier - any thoughts appreciated

Regards Tony

[wong34539]

You can try out L2 Trunks between the sites.