Tag: Failover Cluster
What’s new in failover clustering: #07 SMB Multichannel & Multi-NIC cluster networks
This post was authored by Rob Hindman, Senior Program Manager, Windows Server Getting the best performance Building enterprise-grade solutions with Windows Server 2016 is now easier with the new Simplified SMB Multichannel feature in Failover Clustering.
What’s new in failover clustering: #06 Virtual machine start ordering
This post was authored by Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server Introduction: “Special” virtual machines Not all virtual machines (VMs) in your production deployment are created equal… some are just special! Therefore, it is important for these “Utility” VMs to start up before other “Dependent” VMs in your private cloud.
What’s new in failover clustering: #05 Resilient private cloud
This post was authored by Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server. Introduction In the past, in a world of reliable but expensive SANs, an aggressive high-availability strategy designed to fail fast was most optimal. The health of the system would be closely monitored to detect issues and react quickly and swiftly.
What’s new in failover clustering: #04 Workgroup and multi-domain clusters
This post was authored by Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server Introduction: Active Directory integration with your private cloud Active Directory integration provides significant value for most of the private cloud deployments. However, for a subset of scenarios, it is desirable to be able to decouple your deployment from Active Directory.
What’s new in failover clustering: #03 Stretched Clusters
This post was authored by Ned Pyle, Principal Program Manager, Windows Server Why should you care about clustered storage? Everyone’s talking about apps, mobile, DevOps, containers, platforms. That’s cutting edge stuff in the IT world. Storage is boring, right? Well, they’re all wrong. Storage is the key.
What’s new in failover clustering: #02 VM Load Balancing
This post was authored by Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server. Introduction: Optimizing your private cloud In our discussions with customers, we learned that a key consideration for private cloud deployments is the capital expenditure (CapEx) required to go into production.