Hi there
There are some drawbacks to clusters:
1) They are more difficult to administer
2) Memory fragmentation
3) Extra steps when setting up a front end/ back end configuration
4) Cannot support SRS
5) MS now only recommends Active/ Passive (Some PSS techs have gone as
far as saying Active/
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Etts, Russell
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:34 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
Hi there
There are some drawbacks to clusters:
1) They are more difficult to administer
2) Memory fragmentation
3) Extra
I believe that clusters, whether active-active or active-passive, provide
poor business value. I truly believe that clusters actually reduce
availability for most users; the posts in this form help confirm that. The
reported list of problems are long but the list of those who believe a
cluster
Jason,
We have been running one of our Exchange servers as an E2K3/W2K3 cluster for
a few months now and will be going live with all our Exchange servers on
clusters in a few months as soon as Sophos release a cluster-aware version of
Mailmonitor. Virus protection is all that has stopped us
Word 2003 clusters are a definite improvement.
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From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:45 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
Word is that Exchange 2003 clusters better
What Exchange version?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Clishe
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:11 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
OK, I know the majority of this list is against
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To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
What Exchange version?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Clishe
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:11 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Looking for anti
: Jason Clishe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:32 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
Well I meant this as more of a general discussion as opposed to tied to
a specific version, but for the sake of argument lets says Exchange
2003
Word is that Exchange 2003 clusters better than ever.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Clishe
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:32 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Looking for anti-clustering arguments
Well I meant
First answer the questions of why you would think you would want to cluster.e.g
avoiding flood/famine/911/virus/missing meeting embarrasment..etcetcetc
That is - what is the business trying to achieve by clustering?
Clusters will not protect you from the above (except if you have them in
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