Re: Clustering with NAS

The internal network and switches are certainly 99.999% reliable (or at
least have been over the last year!). I'm more interested in peoples
practical experiences rather than the obvious value of data argument. I see
that Microsoft are beginning to support iSCSI - any experience with that?

thanks - pete.




"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Basic Question...what is more important to you? Data or Price?
>
> If you don't mind loosing data in a supposedly "high availability"
> scenario, then do it the cheap way.
> Is your network and switches as reliable as 99.999%? If not, when they
> fail, and you end up with data corruption.
>
> Regards
> --------------------------------
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
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> IM: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> "Pete Waters" <petewaters008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> 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
>> news:OQXq%23c9XFHA.3464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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
>>>
>>> IM: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>>
>>> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
>>>
>>> "Pete Waters" <petewaters008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:e7$cBT9XFHA.3300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 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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