"John" <jglass67@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> We are looking to implement (finally) some redundancy into our SQL Server
> setup. We are interested in failover clustering, but from what we've seen
> so far most people use a SAN to implement it. We'd prefer using
> independent
> servers, each with their own RAID array (similar to replication, but with
> the seamless failover capabilities of clustering). Is this scenario
> possible or recommended?
> Thanks,
> John
>
>

"John" <jglass67@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> We are looking to implement (finally) some redundancy into our SQL Server
> setup. We are interested in failover clustering, but from what we've seen
> so far most people use a SAN to implement it.

> servers, each with their own RAID array (similar to replication, but with
> the seamless failover capabilities of clustering). Is this scenario
> possible or recommended?

> Thanks,
> John
>
>

"Don Wilwol" <donWilwol@(EMAIL)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> [SEE inline]
>
> --
> Hope it helps
>
> dw
>
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>
> "John" <jglass67@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:el42cpWrFHA.2996@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> > We are looking to implement (finally) some redundancy into our SQL
Server
> > setup. We are interested in failover clustering, but from what we've
seen
> > so far most people use a SAN to implement it.
>
> You are seeing scsi attached clusters less and less as SAN prices come
down,
> but there are still plenty of them out there. Its still a viable solution.
>
>
> We'd prefer using independent
> > servers, each with their own RAID array (similar to replication, but
with
> > the seamless failover capabilities of clustering). Is this scenario
> > possible or recommended?
>
>
> There are third part applications that make this possible. I'm in the
> process of testing NSI's Double Take and Geo cluster applications right
now.
> We hope to use it to set up a DR site for both SQL and Exchange. I've also
> heard of one called neverfail that I haven't looked into, but may just to
> see what its like.
>
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
>
>