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But what if the machines are actually Raid boxes, rather, virtual raid boxes
in their own right, one box fails and takes its drive, the others regenerate
the data, to others in the cluser. Maybe I should switch to decaf?

Walt
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The dumbest question is the one that is never asked.

-Walt ellena-


"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> Think about it. Local storage dies with the machine. NO failover.
>
> 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:B698F2D9-E6FF-422C-8208-839373CFE506@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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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