Yes and no. In an environment like ours, we use standard servers from tier 1
system vendors (such as DL585) and connect all servers to a centralized SAN,
there is virtually no difference in hardware whether or not the sever is
clustered.
If you are just walking into the wild world of server market and try to pick
some servers to cluster, your choices are more limited than they are when you
don't plan to cluster them. But I would argue that you should always
standardize on a limited selection of servers for all your server needs.
Should that be the case, I don't see why you want to make a separate list for
non-clustered servers, which serves no purpose but to complicate life.
Linchi
[quoted text, click to view] "Ari" wrote:
> is there a diffrence in the hardware needs of the machine if i setting up a
Ari,
with clustering you need to stick to the HCL (now called catalog)
see:
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/ Also, please read up on clusters, a very good collection of reference
material can be found here :
http://www.nw-america.com HTH,
Edwin.
[quoted text, click to view] "Linchi Shea" <LinchiShea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes and no. In an environment like ours, we use standard servers from tier
1
> system vendors (such as DL585) and connect all servers to a centralized
SAN,
> there is virtually no difference in hardware whether or not the sever is
> clustered.
>
> If you are just walking into the wild world of server market and try to
pick
> some servers to cluster, your choices are more limited than they are when
you
> don't plan to cluster them. But I would argue that you should always
> standardize on a limited selection of servers for all your server needs.
> Should that be the case, I don't see why you want to make a separate list
for
> non-clustered servers, which serves no purpose but to complicate life.
>
> Linchi
>
> "Ari" wrote:
>
> > is there a diffrence in the hardware needs of the machine if i setting
up a
> > cluster?
