PC clustering which you can do with win2003 Enterprise. If you already have
2pcs and 2 copies of enterprise I suggest you go for the virtual clustering,
i.e. install clustering services and set up a cluster with two nodes
(Win2003 E up to 8 nodes). No need for any registry copies etc. as well as
for IP changes. Both boxes will be to anyone but you a single PC. Also, you
may consider doing the same for your DB server. I know that there is active
user group for sql server clustering. As for CF clustering for most people
round robin DNS is OK together with version control software for
simultaneous deployment on multiple PCs. However, I am quite sure that the
CF will work with the clustering solution you want (or it should at least).
TK
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:38 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re:OT server clustering
Does anyone have experience with server clustering?
I will describe the client's wishes.
In order to provide as much uptime as possible with fail-over capability.
A Web server with a multiple online accounting system. It will have user
registration, and personal file/photo upload and storage capability It
will
also be connected to a SQL2k database server.
What they want to do is to mirror a copy of this server to an adjacent
machine,
so that in the event of a failure, all they will have to do is to switch
the IP
numbers and the backup machine will take up where the original left off,
however, they will expect that all uploaded files, user accounts, etc. to
already be in place. I think this will require duplication of the Windows
registry, or at least portions of it to be replicated (mirrored) as well.
The OS will be Win2003 Enterprise, with CF 6.1 professional, and SQL2k
database.
Will this require a third machine to be set up as a domain controller, or
something like that to preserve the user accounts?
This application (Web site) will be very mission critical, and is a little
beyond my experience at the moment.
They will also be setting up a triple redundancy Internet backbone
connection
for connectivity protection. This will be separate from the server setup.
Does anyone have pointers, gotchas, or directions on where to look for the
appropriate setup?
Thanks much!
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