It is possible, although I would not expect the clustering technology to have a noticable impact on performance. You talk about instances. Are you running multiple instances of SQL Server on the same hardware, or by "instance" do you mean Server A (standalone box) and Server B (clustered box)? If you are talking about multiple instances on one server are the instances configured to use the same amount of resources?

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"Jack A" <anonymous (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

I have never felt the presence of clustering on any of my SQL clusters. The
cluster service has such a small footprint. Could it be that you are not
comparing like DBs?

Cheers,

Rod

"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote

It is possible, although I would not expect the clustering technology to
have a noticable impact on performance. You talk about instances. Are you
running multiple instances of SQL Server on the same hardware, or by
"instance" do you mean Server A (standalone box) and Server B (clustered
box)? If you are talking about multiple instances on one server are the
instances configured to use the same amount of resources?

This reply will be posted within .server and it will also be copied to the
..clustering newsgroup. Hopefully the experts that hang out there will have
additional comments orideas.

--
Keith


"Jack A" <anonymous (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote