topic Re: PIX Failover time in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286615#M588141 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>this parameter is configurable using "failover poll" command. we have configured statful failover on a pair of 525s with 6.2(2) code. set the poll interval to 3 seconds. the stateful failover did not take 9 seconds before failing over, more like 4-5 seconds. tcp connections didn't get drop (feature of stateful). work like a charm. hope this help.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Nov 2003 07:24:16 GMT wsitu 2003-11-04T07:24:16Z PIX Failover time https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286614#M588140 <P>I'm hoping someone out there can definitively answer a question concerning failover time because I find conflicting information in the Cisco docs. We are debating turning on stateful failover for a new set of PIXes protecting a DMZ area - 525's w/ 6.3 code. If we do this and the primary PIX fails, how long does it take for the secondary to take over? Currently our production PIXes do LAN failover so fast we don't notice, but we've never done stateful failover. My concern is that the docs I find state it takes 30 seconds to failover. If I have a customer on my website and it fails, will they wait 30 seconds for a response or will I lose the business?</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:04:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286614#M588140 thethmon 2020-02-21T07:04:36Z Re: PIX Failover time https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286615#M588141 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>this parameter is configurable using "failover poll" command. we have configured statful failover on a pair of 525s with 6.2(2) code. set the poll interval to 3 seconds. the stateful failover did not take 9 seconds before failing over, more like 4-5 seconds. tcp connections didn't get drop (feature of stateful). work like a charm. hope this help.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Nov 2003 07:24:16 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286615#M588141 wsitu 2003-11-04T07:24:16Z Re: PIX Failover time https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286616#M588142 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the information. That's good to hear.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:10:06 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-failover-time/m-p/286616#M588142 thethmon 2003-11-04T14:10:06Z