RE: Clustering Exchange

[Lathrum Matt-P55173]

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Be careful – Active/Active clustering with automatic fail over has known memory fragmentation issues that could cause a failure of your IS to start.  Our Microsoft resident suggests manual fail over.   -- Matt Lathrum General Dynamics Decision Systems                     When cryptography is outlawed,              bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.   -----Original Message----- From: Arnold, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Clustering Exchange   Hmmmm How about being able to test a service pack without effecting users at any time day or night?  Is that not an advantage? How about very high availability? How about redundant hardware (ya, I know it's redundant to the HA thing)   I will agree that the 2000AS cluster is much better than 4.0EE, but 4.0EE works great in my book. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Ward - HQ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Clustering Exchange For 5.5 I say NIYET - Is it doable but you gain no real advantages in doing it, as 5.5 isn't truly "cluster aware". For XCHG2000 I say DAH - "IF" you have a solid cluster solution with known HCL Server hardware. I recommend Compaq's cluster solutions as I have the most/best experiences with it overall and the FIBRE channel connectivity is SWEET. XCHG2000 is cluster aware. Plan to spend lotsomoney on your hardware however.. it ain't cheap. -Rick -----Original Message----- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Clustering Exchange My immediate supervisor mentioned that when we finally get new Exchange Servers that we should have them clustered.  Now I have never clustered servers before and wouldn't know how to start, but I just wanted to get everyone's opinions on the subject to begin with.  How hard is it to do, and how is it to maintain.  What are the pro's and con's.  Any help would be appreciated. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm