HA Pairs have two separate nodes, on two separate motherboards, that only share same disks Each node creates groups of disks called Aggregates, which contain FlexVols that are mounted over CIFS, FCP, ...HA Pairs have two separate nodes, on two separate motherboards, that only share same disks Each node creates groups of disks called Aggregates, which contain FlexVols that are mounted over CIFS, FCP, iSCSI, or NFS To utilize the resources of both nodes, talk to your account team about setting up a FlexGroup or using multiple LUNs striped as a volume group on the host side. Technical Report: NetApp ONTAP FlexGroup Volumes Best Practices and Implementation Guide