InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comTue, 21 May 2013 14:41:25 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1432096-1549-1.aspxI don't have any specific requirement to use DTC features like replication, I was just pointing to the blog article that seem to make the configuration MSDTC pertinent for the achievement of a multi instance cluster.So is that configuration really necessary?Thank youTue, 19 Mar 2013 10:09:12 GMTphebsixhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1432096-1549-1.aspxCreating a clustered DTC service to run on each node wont harm anything, do you have a lot of DTC activity in the cluster?Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:33:03 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1432096-1549-1.aspxThanks Gila,Good clarification. So I don't need to make any further configuration on any of the cluster service like the MSDTC service? like it was done on this article http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2012/04/12/creating-an-active-active-sql-cluster-using-hyper-v-part3-the-active-active-configuration.aspxThanks in advanceMon, 18 Mar 2013 02:41:15 GMTphebsixhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1432096-1549-1.aspxActive /active (which really is a tern that shouldn't be used any longer) is just 2 active/passive SQL server failover instances on the same cluster.More correctly called 'multi-instance cluster', it means you have a 2 node cluster with 2 SQL Server instances running on it (each serving their own databases), one instance runs on node 1, one runs on node 2. If either node fails, the instance running there fails over to the remaining node, resulting in 2 SQL instances running on the same node.Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:29:23 GMTGilaMonsterhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1432096-1549-1.aspxHello guys,Please can anybody point in right direction of implementing sql server failover clustering in active/active mode.There are alot of information on the internet about active/passive mode, but quite scanty information about active/active.ThanksMon, 18 Mar 2013 01:49:06 GMTphebsix