Clustering question

[Clifford]

At this moment I'm running AD on 2 Win2K Adv. Servers.
Both fully patched and working 100%.

One of these servers serve websites. I want to configura
a cluster so that if my webserver fails the data will
still be available to clients from the other server.

What are the minimum requirements for a 2 node cluster? I
read the white paper on clustering from Microsoft for a 2
node cluster, but I dont have the means for scsi hard
drives etc.

Can I built a cluster with one NIC in each server, and
use additional hard drives for storing the cluster data?

Thank you.

 

[Varun]

You might want to consider using Network Load Balancing
cluster instead of Server cluster. NLB is good for TCP
based services (like web servers) and does not require
separate hardware. Also, it can be run using single
network card. Check out

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/win_c
luster.htm

 

[Curtis Koenig [MSFT]]

However it is not a good idea to run either cluster nor NLB on Domain
controllers.
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Curtis Koenig
Support Professional
Microsoft Clustering Technologies Support

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Security

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