What are you trying to accomplish? I imagine that you could technically setup a NLB cluster for SQL, but it would logically mean that the data is read only and is synchronized in some other fashion. If you are looking for a multi-server SQL solution where the data is shared, then you are doing a MSCS cluster. In that type of situation, any given database can only be accessed by one SQL Server at a time. Windows does not permit having 2 servers access the same disk resource simultaneously. A NLB cluster means that you are spreading requests to multiple servers, all of which are active. This is commonly used for clustering web servers. A MSCS cluster means that you are utilizing shared storage and have 2 or more servers with resource groups spread between them. Only one server can access any particular resource group at a time. This is commonly used for SQL Server, and is the Exchange 2003 and earlier method for clustering as well.
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