This server configuration is for situations that require extremely high availability. It is also the most demanding configuration to manage. A redundant configuration shares a single pool of licenses over three servers (it has to be exactly three) that are in constant communication with each other.
As a result, if a server fails or is shut down for maintenance, the remaining servers support the whole license pool, with no negative effect on license availability. This configuration requires that all three servers reside on the same subnet and have consistent network communications (unlike distributed servers, which can work together over a wide-area network). |