Re: Windows 2003 Cluster for File Server

From: Jason Nash [MSFT] (jasnas_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:11:48 -0500

If you have the hardware available, I would recommend clustering with your
SAN. Once the cluster is PROPERLY configured, very little administrative
work and time will need to be invested in the cluster. Just make sure you
do a little background research into clustering so you configure it
correctly the first time.

  168948 Information about the cluster group
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=168948

280345 Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=280345

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbiz2k2/html/bts_2002clustering.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/clustering/default.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/default.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;winsvr2003clust

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/default.mspx 

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"Russ Kaufmann" <russ@exchangemct.com> wrote in message 
news:uSDwU08TEHA.156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Troy" <tdube@ecsdm.org> wrote in message
> news:2B067FA2-1ECF-4453-8ADC-4ABDB499591F@microsoft.com...
>> We have recently purchaced a Dell San Server.  The device attachs to 2-64
> servers and can scale to 15 TB.  The technology uses lunds that are mapped
> to a specific server.  To make the system redundant and load balance we 
> are
> looking into using clustering.  The way dell explains it we setup each
> server to map out an equal size lund for each server.  Then they said
> win2003 clustering will keep each lund in sync.  Does this sound right?
> What amount of work/time/stress is involved in using clustering?
>
> If you want to cluster using the SAN, the LUN mapping needs to be 
> configured
> on the SAN or switch so that the two Dell servers can both see the LUN and
> access it otherwise clustering will not work.  Of course, you will want 
> more
> than one LUN mapped to the servers as you will want one just for the 
> Quorum
> and then others for your applications and their shared data.
>
>

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