Re: 2 Node clustering for Email Services

Well, first you are going to have to get in the right mindset. If you want high availability, you need to invest in it....properly.

The hardware you have sounds like a 'home grown' solution and not one that is on the Cluster Hardware Compatibility List...which is a requirement to be supported by Microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q309395

Then, you need the correct version of the OS which is, at a minimum, Enterprise Edition of the server product. Standard Edition supports Network Load Balancing (NLB), but not MSCS.

Then, using a free e-mail server.......probably not the best idea for high availability......if you could even get it to work.

So, I would say......back to the drawing board and think hard about what you are trying to accomplish and then make the correct investments.

Then, start here - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/resources.mspx

Have a great holiday.

Thanks.

--
Chuck Timon, Jr.
Microsoft Corporation
Windows Server 2008 Readiness Team
This posting is provided 'AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"E. S." <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uoWZ8K6SIHA.1924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello
I am testing the possibility of creating a cluster because I am in the following situation:

I have two 1U Server:
Via C3 900
1,5Gb RAM (512x3)
2x80Gb EIDE HDD (Raid 1 via Ms Raid Software)
Windows 2003 Standard Edition

I need to install a Mailserver service (maybe probably the HMailserver free solution).

I need to configure it in high availability, is possible to do a solution using native cluster services ?
I need to configure a system that in case that one server crashes, the mail server system works ok.

How can I do?

thank you



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