Re: Cluster without a domain controller

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So what is the real risk with having each cluster node also acting as a DC?

Normally, your DC has much more traffic and processing to do than your clusters, but in this case, his DC is only handling the requests from the two cluster nodes and that's it. There is no other authentications going on, since he doesn't have a domain.

If each of the Nodes is also a DC and Node-1 is Active and Node-2 is standby DC (clearly the DC's are not actually clustered), then what is the actual risk?

What I mean by "what is the risk" is, technically, what issues will arise from this config? (aside from marketecture and documentation)

"Russ Kaufmann [MVP]" <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Oo4%23$LrHHA.4300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Kenny Speer" <kenny.speer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5122C787-2483-42A9-855C-0862424B2A52@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm sure I'll get flamed for it, but just run "dcpromo" on your cluster nodes. Have one of them be the active DC and the other one be a backup DC. You can then also run a DNS on each node and forward your requests to your real DNS servers. This will work, albeit may not be supported by MS, or at least it's not recommended.

Let's go back to step one when dealing with High Availability, Kenny.

First, you do a risk analysis. As part of the risk analysis, you will work with management to decide what risks to mitigate and which ones you will just need to accept.

Something you should NEVER do, is add more risk with your design.


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