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HA - High Availability
Pertaining to a clustered system that is reconfigured when node or daemon failures occur, so that workloads can be redistributed to the remaining nodes in the cluster.
HBA - Host Bus Adapter
An interface card that connects a host bus, such as a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus, to the storage area network.
HCA
Host channel adapter
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
A stand-alone disk drive that reads and writes data on rigid disks and can be attached to a port on the system unit.
HPC
High performance computing
HSIB
High speed InfiniBand
HSSM
High speed switch modules
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
An Internet protocol that is used to transfer and display hypertext and XML documents on the Web.

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