Re: Newbie question: Installing two node(Active-passive) test envi

Hi Nathan,

As John and Russ mentioned, the cheapest way to learn about Exchange 2003
since you don't have the budget for hardware is to use Virtual Server 2005
R2. Here are a couple of links you may want to review so it helps you get
started.

Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to Create and Configure a Two-Node
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/virtualserver/deploy/cvs2005.mspx

815180 Considerations when deploying Exchange on an Active/Active cluster
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;815180

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"Nathan" <Nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for your responses.

John,
I appreciate it.

As I mentioned earlier, I just wanted to understand and learn Exchange
2003
clustering. I neither have the hardware that matches HCL nor the budget to
buy them now.

I will post more questions as I continue to install them.

Thanks.



"John Toner [MVP]" wrote:

Nathan,

- Yes, you can build a cluster with "cooked-up hardware" though it likely
would not be fully supported...though it will usually work if you're just
trying to learn clustering.
- Enterprise edition O/S and Apps
- You could also consider virtual technologies like Virtual Server or
Vmware

Regards,
John


"Nathan" <Nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am planning to install two node windows 2003 SP1 cluster on a test
environment. I have some basic questions:
.Can the cluster be installed on a cooked-up hardware (2 dell power
edge
blades and DELL power vault RAID storage connected according to Dell's
recommendations)?
.What other hardware/software resources should I take in to
consideration?
.If the above installation is not possible, any other test options to
install two node clusters?

It's only a test environment and not a production.

Thanks.






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