Home Forums Article Discussions Article Discussions by Author Discuss content posted by Perry Whittle Creating a 2 Node SQL Server 2008 Virtual Cluster Part 1 RE: Creating a 2 Node SQL Server 2008 Virtual Cluster Part 1

  • July 11, 2011 at 3:26 pm

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    gary.strange-sqlconsumer (7/11/2011)

    Great Article Perry,

    Is it possible to achieve the same result using ORacle VM VirtuaBox instead of VM ware?

    Thanks,

    Gary

    Never used Oracle virtual box so i wouldnt know unfortunately. I do have an ESX4i system running a 2 node windows 2008 cluster, a 2 node windows 2003 cluster and a 2 node Veritas Cluster Services cluster. ESX offers better manageability and performance than VMWare server 2.0, but then there is a vast difference between the platforms. You could use Hyper-V but i personally prefer VMWare

    Parts 2 and 3 get down to the nitty gritty.

    Part 2 covers creating the VMs and attaching the LUNs over iSCSI to the new Windows 2008 VMs with a nice little section on manually partition aligning a new drive

    Part 3 covers creating the cluster and installing SQL Server

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