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jayson guglietta
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Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:50 am Post subject:
Quorum Question |
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I am in the process of setting up a Windows 2003 Advanced Server 4 Node
cluster using an EMC SAN. In my research on the proper procedure I am
reading a lot of different information about the Quorum disk.
Does this "disk" have to be a separate physical disk on all 4 nodes or can
this Quorum disk reside on a separate partition (drive Q) on the SAN?
Thanks
J. |
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TheDamon
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Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:50 am Post subject:
Re: Quorum Question |
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Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon |
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Brandon Baker
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Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:50 am Post subject:
Re: Quorum Question |
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If I'm not mistaken - you can't install MSCS unless Quorum is 2 GB or larger.
"TheDamon" wrote:
| Quote: | Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon
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Ramon Jiménez [MVP]
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Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:50 am Post subject:
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Sorry to say you are mistaken :-)
The only requirement is NTFS...the size can be even 100MB but it is
recommended 500MB> because NTFS performs well from that size on
--
Saludos
Ramon Jiménez, PMP
MCSE 2000/2003, CCA, ITIL
MS MVP - Windows Server System - Infrastructure Architect
"Brandon Baker" <BrandonBaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF53D773-B598-4D5F-AC40-D95C3F4D50DA@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | If I'm not mistaken - you can't install MSCS unless Quorum is 2 GB or
larger.
"TheDamon" wrote:
Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon
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Brandon Baker
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Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Quorum Question |
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lol - thanks for correcting me Ramon.
"Ramon JimĂŠnez [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Sorry to say you are mistaken :-)
The only requirement is NTFS...the size can be even 100MB but it is
recommended 500MB> because NTFS performs well from that size on
--
Saludos
Ramon JimĂŠnez, PMP
MCSE 2000/2003, CCA, ITIL
MS MVP - Windows Server System - Infrastructure Architect
"Brandon Baker" <BrandonBaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF53D773-B598-4D5F-AC40-D95C3F4D50DA@microsoft.com...
If I'm not mistaken - you can't install MSCS unless Quorum is 2 GB or
larger.
"TheDamon" wrote:
Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon
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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Quorum Question |
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I use 1 GB, cause then the math is easier :) A SQL MVP I know uses 2 GB
cause he like round numbers. The key is to be at least 500MB.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
"Ramon Jiménez [MVP]" <rjimenezm.at.hotmail@com> wrote in message
news:%23WRiSSlxFHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Sorry to say you are mistaken :-)
The only requirement is NTFS...the size can be even 100MB but it is
recommended 500MB> because NTFS performs well from that size on
--
Saludos
Ramon Jiménez, PMP
MCSE 2000/2003, CCA, ITIL
MS MVP - Windows Server System - Infrastructure Architect
"Brandon Baker" <BrandonBaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF53D773-B598-4D5F-AC40-D95C3F4D50DA@microsoft.com...
If I'm not mistaken - you can't install MSCS unless Quorum is 2 GB or
larger.
"TheDamon" wrote:
Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon
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Ramon Jiménez [MVP]
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:51 am Post subject:
Re: Quorum Question |
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We also use 1GB. easy math and good ratio os spindles from our EMC boxes...
:-)
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Saludos
Ramon Jiménez, PMP
MCSE 2000/2003, CCA, ITIL
MS MVP - Windows Server System - Infrastructure Architect
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
message news:uHv$ziByFHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I use 1 GB, cause then the math is easier :) A SQL MVP I know uses 2 GB
cause he like round numbers. The key is to be at least 500MB.
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
"Ramon Jiménez [MVP]" <rjimenezm.at.hotmail@com> wrote in message
news:%23WRiSSlxFHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Sorry to say you are mistaken :-)
The only requirement is NTFS...the size can be even 100MB but it is
recommended 500MB> because NTFS performs well from that size on
--
Saludos
Ramon Jiménez, PMP
MCSE 2000/2003, CCA, ITIL
MS MVP - Windows Server System - Infrastructure Architect
"Brandon Baker" <BrandonBaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EF53D773-B598-4D5F-AC40-D95C3F4D50DA@microsoft.com...
If I'm not mistaken - you can't install MSCS unless Quorum is 2 GB or
larger.
"TheDamon" wrote:
Hi J.
The recommended way is to use one single disk of your SAN. In the best
way you use a Raid1. Give your Quorum Drive dimension of approximattely
500 MB, cause NTFS will work with best performance upper 500 MB.
Look here for more information:
Quorum Drive Configuration Information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280345/en-us
Greetz
Damon
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