"Linchi Shea" <LinchiShea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If MSDTC is going to be used at all, I don't believe putting it on quorum
> is
> a practice recommended by Microsoft, although it seems to be work fine in
> all
> my tests. Becuase of the Microsoft recommendation, we have chosen to
> create a
> 640MB LUN just for this purpose and create a seperate group for MSDTC.
> Once
> this is made a standard practice, there is little waste to speak of.
>
> Linchi
>
> "Russ Kaufmann" wrote:
>
>> "andrea cuozzo" <andrea.cuozzo@sysma.it> wrote in message
>> news:eKerS7%231GHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > hello,
>> >
>> > I'm about to install a 2-nodes Windows 2003 Cluster, with 2 SQL Server
>> > 2005 instances: I've read in MS documentation that clustering MS-DTC is
>> > recommended, but I can't find how much disk space shoud I reserve for
>> > it
>> > group: can you tell me what is the recommended disk space for it ?
>>
>> Unless you are using two phase commits, don't waste the physical disk
>> resource. Put it on your quorum.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Russ Kaufmann
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>> Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
>> Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
>>
>>
>>

"Linchi Shea" <LinchiShea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If MSDTC is going to be used at all, I don't believe putting it on quorum
> is
> a practice recommended by Microsoft

"Russ Kaufmann (MVP)" wrote:

> "Linchi Shea" <LinchiShea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BDD906BD-8ACB-4B68-A044-887E3B7F4292@microsoft.com...
> > If MSDTC is going to be used at all, I don't believe putting it on quorum
> > is
> > a practice recommended by Microsoft
>
> It is perfectly fine to put it in the default cluster group. THe only time
> that it is recommended to put it in its own group with its own resources is
> if it is heavily used. Read here for more:
>
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/clusterhelp/archive/2005/08/05/61718.aspx
>
>
> --
> Russ Kaufmann
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
> Web http://www.clusterhelp.com
> Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp
>
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>
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