Consistent definitions of IT terms can be hard to keep straight what with so many vendors, products and options. When it comes to technology like storage clustering, though, the features and benefits - increased scalability and performance, and better availability - are generally consistent across platforms. Despite this fact, storage clustering can take various shapes depending on your architecture and design.

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