Re: Cluster splitting

John, do you have any url for the 'stretch' cluster setup ?

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"John Toner [MVP]" <jtoner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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While MNS can be used in a geographically dispersed cluster, it is not
required for a geo-cluster. Personally, I would not recommend considering
a
MSN quorum in a geocluster unless you had a 3rd site in the picture. For
Windows 2000, obviously there is no MSN and there are certainly supported
geo-cluster solutions for W2K.

There are different kinds of geographically dispersed clusters. It sounds
like you are considering a "stretch" cluster rather than a geographically
dispersed cluster. A true geo-cluster would use a replication technology
to
synchronously copy data between storage arrays between sites.You will
always
need to get a third party involved to accomplish this type of cluster.

For stretch clusters, you would simply have an ISL between sites or some
other mechanism to stretch your SAN between sites. This is certainly
doable
and supported.

Regards,
John


"Bernard Cheah [MVP]" <qbernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks. I read about MNS and new stuff with W2k3 clustering.
However, the current environment is fully w2k based and from the KB.

- round trip below 500ms
- quorum this must be replicated

For same building - same vlan setup should not have more than 500ms
latency,
what about the quorum this? I'm planning to have both nodes connect to
the
same SAN, via FC of coz.
in a way - it would be same as both nodes are sitting in the same data
center. make sense to you?

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"Ryan Sokolowski (MVP)" <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sure thing...good topic and question. While one of my felow MVPs (John
Toner) is much more the Geo-Cluster guy than I am, I'll try to screen
this
one for you...


You're referring to a Majority-Node Set (MNS) or Geographically
Dispersed
Cluster (Geo-Cluster) and there is lots of good guidance on how to
implement and architect this particular configuration (which is
significantly different from the traditional Quorum-Disk based cluster
model).

Also please note that you must pay particular attention to the Windows
Server Catalog as it concerns supported hardware/configurations.

Start here (even though you said it's W2K, not W2K3):

Geographically Dispersed Clusters in Windows Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/clustergeo.mspx

Windows clustering and geographically separate sites
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280743

The Microsoft support policy for server clusters, the Hardware
Compatibility List, and the Windows Server Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309395

These should get you started...hope this helps,
--Ryan



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"Bernard Cheah [MVP]" <qbernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can anyone point me to any reference doc for splitting or extending
the
MSCS to two different building?
I'm looking at different buldings and different sites setup.......

Oh ya, this is w2k. not w2k3.

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