File Compression
File compression is not supported on a clustered database server.
Software RAID
Software RAID is not supported in a clustering environment. Hardware level RAID must be used.
SAN Disks Layout for 4 Node 4 Instance Active / Active Setup
Other Considerations
MS Exchange
It is not recommended to have both SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000 on the same cluster
Replication File Share
When configuring replication with clustered servers, create a MSCS file share for replication to be configured against so all cluster nodes will be able to access it in the event of a failover.
File Share
It is not recommended that any file shares be used on the same cluster disks that a SQL Server is using.
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