Hi George and the rest

I'm planning to add another instance. My previous instance name is
"MSSQLSERVER"
So in a cluster environment, i'm planning to add this new instance by using
a different shared storage. I have another 4TB SAN Storage to be add in the
cluster environment.
So my question is :
Which task do i need to do first? Add storage or add new instance?

Currently my cluster name is "DBPCLUSTER.dbpmain.gov.my. So from there, can
i start from to "add a disk" from "Storage"? My existing Disk are :
1. Witness Disk in Quorum - Cluster Disk 3 (Volume G:NTFS)
2. DBPCLUSTERDtc - Cluster Disk 1 (VOLUME E:NTFS)
3. SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) - Cluster Disk 2 (Volume F:NTFS)

I want to add something :

Actually what is the best practice in this below scenario? Which are the
best practice in clustering environment ? Is't with one instance or more than
1 instance? i already have default instance name but as per below scenario,
i want to add bigger storage for another database....

"Amirullail" wrote:

Storage first, since you have to "anchor" an instance to one or more disks.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP



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