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Can a LUN be attached to multiple hosts?

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  • The LUN should not be attached to multiple standalone hosts as it can lead to data corruption
  • In some cases, for example in a clustered environment (with the clustered file system) multiple nodes/hosts from the cluster can get access to the same LUN without corruption/data loss

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