Re: Quorum drive and Data Drive on the Shared Array

"Abbie" <Abbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When building an active/passive sql2k cluster (win2k3), should you:

a)create a phyical mirror just for the quorum (lots of wasted space)
b)create a 1gb(or so) logical from physical mirror

It depends on the hardware. Some lower end SANs will not let you break
physical disks down inside the SAN into smaller LUNs. For example, if you
have two 146 GB drives, you can create a 1 GB LUN and a 145 GB LUN out of
the two disks (in a mirror in the SAN) which are then presented to the
cluster nodes as two basic disks of 1 GB and 145 GB. However, some lower end
SANs will not let you break the physical disks down. Then, you can create
only a 146 GB LUN and would have tons of wasted space.

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Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
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