Hi, I'm new to clustering so a couple of novice questions. 1)Do I need to have windows 2003 in cluster mode prior to installing a 2 node sql2005 cluster or can the sql cluster be install on a generic windows2003 server? 2)What are my hardware requirements for setting up a 2 node sql2005 cluster? Thanks for any help provided. Cheers
1)Do I need to have windows 2003 in cluster mode prior to installing a2 node sql2005 cluster or can the sql cluster be install on a genericwindows2003 server? you need windows 2003 cluster service be installed first, and tested successfully for fail over use Active/Passive cluster What are my hardware requirements for setting up a 2 node sql2005 cluster? two similar servers members of domain , with shared storage size the server and storage as load needed for more information ,check: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/main.aspx http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/clustering_intro_p1.aspx http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/cluster_sql_server_2005_p1.aspx http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/cluster_server_2003_p1.aspx
