Hi all -
i am fairly new to clustering and here is what i am trying to accomplish:

- 2 DL380 g4 with 5 drives each.
- 2x Raid 1 for sys files
- 2x Raid 1
- 1x Raid 0

I dont have an external SAN device for shared external disk and my question
is A)do I need external SAN device to cluster two servers?
B) Can I use the last drive (Raid 0) for quorum drive?
C) when I run the "cluster wizard" on node 2 I can add the node to the
existing cluster but I am unable to add any disk resources??

thanks for the help!!
-Js

Hi

For clustering, you need shared storage. This is in the form of a SAN.

No SAN, no cluster.

Get familiar with the information on
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...g/default.mspx

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"JsX" <JsX (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

Thanks for you response! So, I need an SAN attached storage device, so the 2
servers that i will be clustering can only have 2 drives each for sys files?
and everything else should be on the SAN? am I correct?
thx
-jim

"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" wrote:

Hi

The OS and the SQL Server executables gets installed on the local drive.

Data and Quorum go on the SAN.

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"JsX" <JsX (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

thx a lot!

"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" wrote:

"JsX" wrote:
Hi,

To get clustering to work correctly you need to have a disk set that
can be accessed from both nodes so a SAN or external disk array of
some form is needed. This is why you can add the second node but not
see any disk resources to add.

With regard using a RAID 0 for the quorum, I would say no as if the
quorum goes the cluster goes - again this needs to be on a disk set
that is accessible to both nodes.

Hope that helps,
Digger

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