Re: With Scenario is the best and why? For a Windows 2003 file server Cluster

Create 3 separate LUNs on the SAN and then present them to the cluster nodes
as separate "disks". You'll have better performance from the storage
perspective...

--
--
Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP

"A troubleshooter's best tool is the Event Viewer and understanding the
events and messages contained therein."

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"ITSysAdm" <ITSysAdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:upOuwWvQGHA.4608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Server: IBM
Storage: Array on a SAN 600GB
OS: Windows 2003
Cluster: The Quorum is already configured and runnig.

What I want to do?
Create 3 volume(300GB for share Data, 250GB for personnel Data and 50GB
for Profile)


Scenario #1
Do I create 3 physical disk on the SAN(300,250,50), and than create than
on windows/cluster?

Scenario #2
Do I create 1 physical disk on the SAN(600), and than create 3 logical
volume(300,250,50) on windows/cluster?

PS: I want to be able to expand my storage on any vlomume in the future.


Tanks you for the imput
IT Casino



.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Server 2008 Cluster Issues
    ... I also upgraded the storage MPIO drivers on the Windows 2008 server to 10.36 ... We are planning to make the same upgrade in couple of days in the production ... Cluster resource 'FileServer-' ... the Cluster administrator will hang and Windows ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering)
  • Re: SQL 2000 on Windows 2000 Cluster - Removal!
    ... visible at a Windows level before they can even be added to the cluster. ... Clustering doesn't write any signatures to the disks that force them to ... go to the Service Control applet and start the SQL Server itself manually. ...
    (microsoft.public.sqlserver.clustering)
  • Re: Error message question: The physical disk cannot...
    ... for the internal disks and one for the shared disks. ... >I received the following message today when configuring Cluster ... > storage bus as the boot disk. ... > 1) Is this a hardware issue that can only be resolved by new hardware ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering)
  • Re: Volume shadowing between FC Storage at different sites, and the allocation class
    ... I have done multiple tests on these disks across a multi-site cluster. ... I was able to shadow $1$DGA disks with Storageworks $2$DUA ... > I have just connected to some Fibrechannel based storage from my VMS ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • Sun Cluster 3.0 - Setting up Volume Management
    ... I have two nodes set up with Sun Cluster 3 and wish to set up the shared ... I have the following disks. ... Using smc, when I go to Enhanced Storage, it sits their waiting ... clustered volume management. ...
    (comp.sys.sun.admin)