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Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003

Overview A server cluster is a group of independent servers working collectively and running the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS). Server clusters provide high availability, failback, scalability, and manageability for resources and applications. This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring a typical single quorum device multi-node server cluster using a shared disk on servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition operating systems.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	May 2003	Downloads	7658
Format	White Papers
Topics	Server Consolidation, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003

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Secure Copy Version 5.0.2

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Secure Copy Version 5.0.2

Secure Copy™ is a powerful, comprehensive migration solution that automates the copying of data between Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 servers without the use of agents or scripts. Whether you're migrating from one server to...

Publisher:
ScriptLogic

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sun solaris

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

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Publisher:
IBM

Fact Sheet : IBMXIV Storage System

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IBM

IBM XIVÂ® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented

Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to...

Publisher:
IBM

Microsoft aims for less downtime with Server 2003

The company is touting reliability features both in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, which is a version of the operating system aimed at top-end machines with dozens of processors.

New Windows release 'will boost Itanium'

Microsoft also signed off the final code for SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, which, like the new version of Windows XP, handles 64-bit instructions and is designed for Itanium 2 processors. SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition will launch at the...

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Operating Systems

Dell lays out 64-bit Madison plans

The new PowerEdge 3250, first shown last April, is designed to use the Madison Itanium 2 in a 3-inch-high, rack-mount server designed for a specific application in high-performance computing clusters, the company said.

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Microsoft takes on Linux in supercomputing

The Windows Server 2003 HPC Edition will include features for running windows on clusters of machines interconnected by a high-speed network to form a single computing resource, Microsoft said in a statement yesterday.

Windows for clusters due in autumn

When you buy a cluster, the price per node in the cluster is going to be reduced" compared to regular Windows, Theimer said in a presentation at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Car companies and drug companies are among the early users...

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Servers

Longhorn Server will 'fix itself on the fly'

On Thursday, Microsoft also released the first beta version of Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition, a new edition of its Server OS aimed at high-end computing clusters. The system can fix itself on the fly if there is a bad sector on a hard...

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