Hi, I am new to clustring concept. I am learning this concept. Can I set up Active and passive nodes on same Box ? I mean, want to set up two nodes in local machin for testing ( XP is my OS). If this is not possible . please me know what are the minimum hardware / software required to learn this concept. Also please let me about the links or documents to learn this. Thanks in Advance,
Ok that states you are pretty much new to SQL SErver world, especially Clusters. No to your question and follow the below articles: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/clustering_intro_p1.aspx http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/clustering_resources_p1.aspx