Comments on: Why you should use Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/clustering-infrastructure/why-you-should-use-microsoft-cluster-service-mscs People, Processes, Hardware and Software that deliver results every time, every where. Wed, 19 May 2010 21:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Microsoft Failover Clustering / Cluster Service and SQL Server 2005 « Intelligent Business http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/clustering-infrastructure/why-you-should-use-microsoft-cluster-service-mscs/comment-page-1#comment-1020 Microsoft Failover Clustering / Cluster Service and SQL Server 2005 « Intelligent Business Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:22:23 +0000 http://kendall.srellim.org/?p=9#comment-1020 [...] Microsoft TechNet: Configuring a two-node failover cluster Overview of Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Why you should use Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) [...] [...] Microsoft TechNet: Configuring a two-node failover cluster Overview of Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Why you should use Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) [...]

]]> By: Pkzip http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/clustering-infrastructure/why-you-should-use-microsoft-cluster-service-mscs/comment-page-1#comment-613 Pkzip Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:34:32 +0000 http://kendall.srellim.org/?p=9#comment-613 Considering the fact that MS advertises MSCS as "high availability" and not "fault-tolerance" solution, I don`t see any problem with MSCS. On the contrary, it does "Exactly what it says on the tin". It would be interesting to hear the comparison to Veritas (Symantec) clustering solution. AFAIK, compared to MSCS it is a nightmare to set up and configure and requires at least twice as much administrative overhead. Considering the fact that MS advertises MSCS as “high availability” and not “fault-tolerance” solution, I don`t see any problem with MSCS. On the contrary, it does “Exactly what it says on the tin”.

It would be interesting to hear the comparison to Veritas (Symantec) clustering solution. AFAIK, compared to MSCS it is a nightmare to set up and configure and requires at least twice as much administrative overhead.

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