Understanding Hyper-V high availability and failover clustering core components

In this section, we will be covering the core components for Hyper-V high availability. In this section, we will discuss the basic requirements for setting up high availability for a Hyper-V environment. These core components for setting up a Hyper-V highly available environment that we will be considering are the following:

  • Server hardware
  • Storage fabric
  • Networking fabric

Now let's go ahead and discuss these components one by one and in detail, for their different types and related information.

Server hardware

Your server hardware must be certified for Windows Server 2012 if you wish to set up Hyper-V high availability or clustering. The server you choose should be the ...

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