I have some questions on this setup and hope to get some suggestions before I implement this:
Here is our proposed setup
2 IBM x346 nodes, DS400 SAN for shared storage, MS 2003 enterprise server
1) I decided Active/Active as opposed to active/passive because I feel that each IBM x346 should independently handle all the file sharing load.
Any problems you notice in this thinking other than the fact that as the file shares grow, we have to be aware that one server should handle all the load in the event of a failure on one node.
2) I want to have multiple DFS roots spread over on the two nodes. Is this the way to go?
3) In the network setup, does active/active cluster setup support each each node on different network segments.
For example, we want node A to be on 10.10.2.x and connect to switch A, and node B to be on 10.10.3.x and connect to switch B. This way we dont have a "switch" being the single point of failure.
4) Any suggestions for File share clusters will be very appreciated.
Thank You for all your help
Kode
Here is our proposed setup
2 IBM x346 nodes, DS400 SAN for shared storage, MS 2003 enterprise server
1) I decided Active/Active as opposed to active/passive because I feel that each IBM x346 should independently handle all the file sharing load.
Any problems you notice in this thinking other than the fact that as the file shares grow, we have to be aware that one server should handle all the load in the event of a failure on one node.
2) I want to have multiple DFS roots spread over on the two nodes. Is this the way to go?
3) In the network setup, does active/active cluster setup support each each node on different network segments.
For example, we want node A to be on 10.10.2.x and connect to switch A, and node B to be on 10.10.3.x and connect to switch B. This way we dont have a "switch" being the single point of failure.
4) Any suggestions for File share clusters will be very appreciated.
Thank You for all your help
Kode