Re: Clustering with NAS

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response. Whilst I appreciate that clustering with NAS is not
supported by Microsoft, I'm interested to find out if people are actually
doing it. If they are and it seems to be reliable enough then i'd imagine it
would be worth the cost saving.

thanks - pete.



"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> NAS is not fully supported. If you are going to build a cluster, make sure
> that all the components are on the Windows Hardware Compatibility List for
> Clustering. If not, don't expect support from Microsoft when things go
> bad.
>
> Regards
> --------------------------------
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
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> "Pete Waters" <petewaters008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Has anyone clustered SQL server 2000 using a NAS server (eg. Dell
>> PowerVault 745N) as the shared storage? I know that SAN is recommended
>> but costs are vastly higher. Any reasons as to why it shouldn't be done
>> would be helpful.
>>
>> thanks - pete.
>>
>
>


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