> Setesh
>
> Here is some good information on SQL Clustering and Instances. In short
> you
> will need additional disks only for SQL. The cluster quorum is a single
> resource that is created when you install the cluster. You also have to
> plan
> for each node to be able to scale to acceptable performance if a node has
> to
> run more than one instance if their is a failure.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/architec/8_ar_cs_9i5u.asp
>
> Also if your installing a Named instance of SQL 2000 on a Windows 2003
> cluster you will need to follow this article, setup will fail everytime
> until
> you do. I had to learn this the hard way:( , my loss is your gain...good
> luck!
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815431
>
> Regards
>
> CT
>
> "Setesh" wrote:
>
>> Can anyone advise as to the best practices for installing mulitple
>> instances
>> of SQL into a cluster? Specifically as to the harddrive quantity and
>> configuration.
>>
>> I already have 1 instance in a cluster and need to add more to it. So,
>> my
>> cluster already has a drive for OS (Mirrored), a drive for MSDTC
>> (Mirrored),
>> a drive for the quorum (Mirrored) and a drive for the database and
>> transaction logs (Raid5) (these are not high usage, so 1 drive for db and
>> logs should be more than sufficient).
>>
>> I obviously need to add more hard drives to the cluster, but how many per
>> instance? I assume that I don't need more drives for MSDTC? Howabout
>> the
>> quorum - is that one per instance? or is it just the databses ??
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Setesh
>>
>>
>>