"Arnoud Muggen" <webmaster_n_o_s_p_a_m_@act-one.net> wrote in message
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> I'm planning to use Exchange Server 2003 and SQL server 2000 in a
> clustered
> solution (windows 2003) with 2 nodes.
>
> One node should contain the active Exchange resources. The other node
> should
> contain the active SQL server resources. If one node failes the other node
> should run all Exchange AND SQL server resources.
>
> I am using a SAN (HP MSA500) solution for data storage. In our cluster
> server this is assigned as the physical disk resource "Disk D:". This disk
> resource was added to the default group "Cluster group".
>
> I need to store my data from both Exchange Server and SQL server on this
> "Disk D:". However, this disk resource is joined to only one node. The
> D-drive is only available on the node which is active for the "Cluster
> group".
>
> Question: is it possible to use the D-drive for both nodes at the same
> time?
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance for your answer.
>
> Arnoud Muggen
>
>

> You have a hardware configuration issue. Microsoft clustering uses the
> shared nothing model. You simply can't have the D Drive on both nodes at
the
> same time.
>
> Start all over. Carve up your MAS500 into volumes. Clustering will use
these
> volumes as drives.
>
> Next issue, its really not a good idea to run Active(SQL)/Active(Exchange)
> on a two node cluster. During a failure the remaining system is going to
> take a pretty big performance hit. Let alone having the SQL & Exchange
bits
> on the same machine at the same time. Yuck and not a best practice,
> especially if you care about performance.
>
> I suggest you get Virtual Server 2005 or VMWare and create a test cluster
to
> learn more about configurations. Knowledge is very handy with clusters.
>
> I also hear that www.clusterhelp.com has several custom detailed training
> classes coming up in NYC & Denver. You may want to looking to them for
help
> :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rod
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>
>
> "Arnoud Muggen" <webmaster_n_o_s_p_a_m_@act-one.net> wrote in message
> news:eZkgekp6FHA.1724@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I'm planning to use Exchange Server 2003 and SQL server 2000 in a
> > clustered
> > solution (windows 2003) with 2 nodes.
> >
> > One node should contain the active Exchange resources. The other node
> > should
> > contain the active SQL server resources. If one node failes the other
node
> > should run all Exchange AND SQL server resources.
> >
> > I am using a SAN (HP MSA500) solution for data storage. In our cluster
> > server this is assigned as the physical disk resource "Disk D:". This
disk
> > resource was added to the default group "Cluster group".
> >
> > I need to store my data from both Exchange Server and SQL server on this
> > "Disk D:". However, this disk resource is joined to only one node. The
> > D-drive is only available on the node which is active for the "Cluster
> > group".
> >
> > Question: is it possible to use the D-drive for both nodes at the same
> > time?
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your answer.
> >
> > Arnoud Muggen
> >
> >
>
>