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281776 2004-10-17 00:35:00 Is there a away to cluster two Windows 200 AD servers without the need for external storagre? I am buying 2 identical machines and would like to try it.

Thanks
Daniel
dwnz2003 (5250)
281777 2004-10-17 00:44:00 dwn,

need more detail about the servers, what they run, and what you intend to do/run.

Linux clustering is much more efficient and well documented.

D.
drb1 (4492)
281778 2004-10-17 00:57:00 Well i was gona use Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Exchange 2003, but from reading the microsoft site it looks like you need external storage. I am basicaly trying to have a cluster so that i will never miss an email, or have as much down time as i do now (i have one server). I have only ever use linux for a short time (about 30mins, using Mandrake with KDE) and never went into any of the server side stuff. I guess i could learn how to do it in linux, but i dont like linux much.

Daniel
dwnz2003 (5250)
281779 2004-10-17 01:03:00 Some useful stuff here
www.techtutorials.info
I've got McGraw-Hill's "Windows Server 2003 Clustering And Load Balancing" which is also applicable to 2k, it's a great book & well worth a read.
You might pick up a copy on Amazon
45South (4769)
281780 2004-10-17 01:23:00 > Well i was gona use Windows 2000 Advanced Server with
> Exchange 2003, but from reading the microsoft site it
> looks like you need external storage. I am basicaly
> trying to have a cluster so that i will never miss an
> email, or have as much down time as i do now (i have
> one server). I have only ever use linux for a short
> time (about 30mins, using Mandrake with KDE) and
> never went into any of the server side stuff. I guess
> i could learn how to do it in linux, but i dont like
> linux much.
>
> Daniel


You have to do it, its you choice.

Starting out the learning curve will be steeper, but the Tco overall will benifit you.

There are severl options for linux clusters, from pure beowulf to open mosix promiscuios load balancing. You can get Cluster Knoppix with open mosix view as a free download to demo without installing anything, on any HD D.

PVM and most of the other clustering S/W is open source, so free.

D.
drb1 (4492)
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