Which virtualization product are you using? - Sean
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Kish n Kepi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > My boss requested that I make our File Server highly available. > > > > We currently have a physical server running Windows 2012, with shares > published using DFS. The server has large quantities of DAS, some of which > are shared primarily for IT dept use, and is connected to an 8 TB SAN > which has the main, most used, share. > > > > I know that I can go out and purchase another physical file server and > connect it to the same SAN LUN and finish the requirement. > > > > Besides acting as a file server, this server also serves WSUS and WDS. > > > > However, I’m thinking that it may make more sense to create 2 VMs on 2 > existing separate physical hosts and create a cluster . The question is how > I’d attach the SAN LUN to the virtual cluster. Would I need to create a > virtual disk on the SAN, attach it to the cluster and copy the contents of > the shares into that virtual disk? The downside of a virtual disk is that > once created, it’s difficult to resize if necessary, and unwieldy to > copy/move to a new SAN that we will certainly need to get eventually. > > > > Any input for either scenario welcome, and I certainly will embrance any > new ideas of how to accomplish this task. > > > > Kish N Kepi > > > > >
