IMO you should be looking at enterprise DFS. Regards,
Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Now DoubleTake was Clustering for noobs. Upon further reflection I am thinking since I have two identical servers with their own storage clustering is not the way to go for a file server. Double Take may be a better bet. It used to get rave reviews, anyone still using it and have an opinion? From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Clustering for noobs. With me being the noob. So I have two identical 2008 R1 Storage Severs here with bunches of TB's in them. My intent is to cluster them and put everyone's home drives on them. They will only be used for user file storage. I have the basics figured out from a nice MS whitepaper. Bring them into the domain, cluster them, then apply a name to the cluster and hang a File Share off the cluster name. My open questions are about details. For example using FSRM for quota's, AV software on the storage pool, backups.....do I just do that to each individual server like I normally would on a single server? Also, how difficult is it to change the IP's of a cluster after it is created. I would like to do all this in my building, but permanent placement is in another subnet/building. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
