Re: Help configuring a 2 nodes Sqlserver 2K on W2K3



Logical disk partitions cannot be split into separate resource groups in
MSCS. You will need separate RAID containers for each disk Resource un a
cluster.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP

"Phil" <PhilG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:779F12F1-FB00-4A7A-88C7-DFAD9220A4FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
> We are building a new cluster configuration based on the following
> hardware :
> - 2 HP proliant DL380
> - disk array : 2 X 36Gb RAID-1
> - disk partionning : 5 partitions : (1Gb for Quorum, 25Gb for Database,
> and 3 others partitions for shared storage)
>
> The W2K3 SP1 cluster has been installed using the following configuration:
> - quorum has been installed on default cluster group using the 1Gb
> partition, but in fact the quorum is really attached to the RAID-1 disk
>
> We have to install the SQL server 2000 on this cluster. We have to
> create a new virtual server.
> To do that, do we have to create a new group using the 25Gb partition ?
>
> In this case this new group will be actually attached to the RAID-1 disk
> which is already used by the quorum. It seems that it is not recommended.
>
> Another solution could be to install SQL server on the default cluster
> group. But it is also dangerous to do that.
>
> Or third solution : it is to not configure in RAID-1 the disk array.
>
> What could be the best solution to use SQL Server 2000 on W2K3 SP1
> cluster system with this basic hardware configuration ?


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