Re: New to CLustering - Need Help!!

From: Ramon Jiménez (rjimenezm.athome_at_my.hotmail.com)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:21:25 +0100

>2 node cluster with 2 servers? Of course, it is stated implicitly ni the
>question...

I missed "just" so the question was "2 node cluster with 2 servers?" and the
answer is NO with MSCS. You can do it with 3rd party software (i.e NSI
Doubletake) 

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Ramon
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"Ramon Jiménez" <rjimenezm.athome@my.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:...
> Some answer inline...
>
> -- 
> Saludos
> Ramon
> PMP, ITIL Certified
> MCSE & MCSA 2000/2003, CCA
> "Ken S." <Kens@Bandsite.net> wrote in message 
> news:%23dOaO8zKFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have a single Server(Server 2003) running ISA 2000 and Exchnage 2003.
>>
>> Is it possible to have a 2 node cluster with just 2 servers?
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Isa Server is Not Cluster (MSCS) aware. It is Cluster (NLB) aware
> 2 node cluster with 2 servers? Of course, it is stated implicitly ni the 
> question...
>
>
> Can I have a
>> complete
>> copy of the data on each node instead of using a SAN device?
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> In a cluster environment (for Exchange) you need Shared Storage (DAS, SAN, 
> etc)
>
>>
>> If I use a SAN on fiber, how does it not become a single point of 
>> failure?
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 2 HBA's per node, each node to a different SAN switch, and configuring the 
> appropriate multipathing software (depending on your SAN vendor), like HP 
> SecurePath, EMC PowerPath, etc... In this case (and using a SAN fabric) do 
> not forget to make the adequate Zoning/luning configurations
>
>> Is there's another option for fault tolerance, including Exchange, that I 
>> could implement besides clustering, what would that be?
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken
>>
>
>

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