Understanding Microsoft Cluster Services
A server “cluster” is a group of two or more physically separate servers that are running Microsoft Cluster Services and working collectively as a single system. This server cluster, in turn, provides high availability, scalability, and manageability for resources and applications. In other words, this group of servers is physically connected via communication hardware (network), shares storage (via SCSI or fibreChannel), and uses cluster services software to tie them all together into one managed resource.
Design Note: OS Versions and MSCSYou cannot do clustering with Windows 2000 Professional or lower server versions. Clustering is only available on servers running Windows 2000 Advanced Server (which ... |
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