Brian Madden
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Sun Dec 19, 2004 4:37 am Post subject:
Is clustering the right solution here? |
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Hi All,
Can Microsoft Cluster Services be used in an environment where the two nodes
do not share any physical hardware at all?
I have two servers. I'm using file replication software to keep the files in
sync between the two, but I want one node to always service requests, and
the second node to only be used if the first is not available.
Ordinarily I would just use NLB for this, but I also want a script to run on
the target node after a failover, and I don't know how to do that with NLB.
So, I guess my question is (1) Can MSCS do this and (2) does this make
sense, or is there another route I should take?
Thanks,
Brian |
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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]
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Posted:
Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:00 am Post subject:
Re: Is clustering the right solution here? |
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Two nodes is not enough for Majority Node Set (MNS) clustering. 3 is the
min. NLB is the way to go and use affinity, now you use need to figure out
the script ;)
Cheers,
Rod
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
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| Quote: | Hi All,
Can Microsoft Cluster Services be used in an environment where the two
nodes do not share any physical hardware at all?
I have two servers. I'm using file replication software to keep the files
in sync between the two, but I want one node to always service requests,
and the second node to only be used if the first is not available.
Ordinarily I would just use NLB for this, but I also want a script to run
on the target node after a failover, and I don't know how to do that with
NLB. So, I guess my question is (1) Can MSCS do this and (2) does this
make sense, or is there another route I should take?
Thanks,
Brian
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