Microsoft Windows Server 2003 supports running Exchange in a cluster of as many as eight nodes, and the functionality is great. If any of the nodes fails or is brought down for maintenance, the ...

Running a bunch of hyper-v virtual machines that matter? You’ll want a high availability cluster. Of course you’ll also want to take backups of those VMs as well. Prior to moving your VMs into the HA ...

The chapter includes; the new features associated with failover clustering for both SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, it then covers step-by-steps on implementing a two node single instance ...

B. Node and Disk Majority is the most common for failover clusters that have an even number of nodes with plenty of shared storage. With Node and Disk Majority clusters, the cluster uses a witness ...

The Microsoft TechNet WIKI has posted a Do It Yourself guide to building an HPC cluster that consists of three or more nodes. “This guide describes how to build a small Windows HPC cluster that you ...

I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of System Insights for Windows Server 2019, which promises to put predictive analytical tools into the hands of IT pros. It's possible to try System Insights ...