Planning Your Server Cluster

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Planning your server cluster

This section covers the options to consider as you plan how to set up server clusters to work most efficiently in your organization:

• Choosing a Cluster Model

• Cluster deployment and operation options

• Storage configuration options

• Planning your networking hardware

• Addressing risks using server clusters

• Limitations of server clusters

• Choosing applications to run on a server cluster

• Determining failover and move policies for groups

• Choosing a domain model

• Capacity Planning for Server Clusters

• Planning for Fault-Tolerant Disks

• Planning for unattended Setup

• Optimizing Your Clusters