Re: Thats it?

Think about it. Local storage dies with the machine. NO failover.

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
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"Walter Ellena" <WalterEllena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear Rodney,
>
> Thanks for the prompt response. So thats it, the Virtual Server will
> permit
> me to do this? What I dont get about the clustering, in general, is the
> need
> for a shared storage space. I am still trying to digest the concept of
> clustering in general, aside from the base purposes. It seems to me, at
> least on a theoretical level, that I could have, say six or up to eight
> servers, then one big server with a bunch of raid drives as my warehouse,
> then install SQL servers, rather, virtual servers on each box and have
> them
> all write to the pig storage server.
>
> It makes sense, actually, but then can I also do the same thing with the
> storage server itself for even more redundancy?
>
> Walt
> --
> The dumbest question is the one that is never asked.
>
> -Walt ellena-
>
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Looking into VMWare or Virtual Server 2005. No hardware needed and they
>> work
>> great! I use VS 2005 all the time!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>>
>> "Walter Ellena" <WalterEllena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:DE0A1929-4E45-4740-B07D-433EA1A07F95@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Dear Colleagues,
>> >
>> > Being totally new to clustering all I want for Xmas is my two front
>> > teeth.
>> >
>> > Actually, my question is quite simple. Is there a way to simply take
>> > two
>> > P3
>> > boxes, slap two network cards in each and get a very, very simple
>> > cluster
>> > up
>> > and running. I have not been able to fnd a rudimentary lab guide for
>> > this
>> > purpose and see a lot about having to dedicate a SCSI or Fiber Channel
>> > device.
>> >
>> > I just want to set up a super simple cluster of two machines, perhaps a
>> > bit
>> > more then simply start turning power off, etc.
>> >
>> > Any advise or links will be rewarded with sincere thanks,
>> >
>> > Doc
>> > --
>> > The dumbest question is the one that is never asked.
>> >
>> > -Walt ellena-
>>
>>
>>


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