Chapter 4. Microsoft Cluster Services

THE KEY TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER ARE

  • Understanding Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS)

  • Hardware/Network/OS requirements for MSCS

  • How clustering actually works

  • Installing MSCS

  • Extending MSCS with network load balancing (NLB)

  • Windows 2003 options for quorum disks and failover

  • How MSCS sets the stage for SQL clustering

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