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MikeFITZSIMON
SYSTEMSARCHITECT
FITZSIMON IT CONSULTING PTY LTD
Why use SQL Server on a Cluster?
High Availability
Fault Tolerance (?)
Failback
Manageability
Scalability (?)
Web Server
Business Logic
COM Components
SQL Server
Exchange
Exchange
Exchange
Exchange
5.5
5.5
Mailboxes
Mailboxes
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Hardware Architecture
Scalable Three Tier
Server A Server B
Two or more Servers
SCSI SCSI
Private LAN
(heartbeat, <500ms ping)
Private LAN
Shared SCSI bus
(separate to System
Shared SCSI
SCSI bus)
Applications & Data on
RAID
RAID Applications & Data
! Brisbane
!
Sydney !
Cluster Servers in
! !
!
each State Office
$
Frame Relay
! !
Melbourne Service
Can be used as an
emergency backup
during a system
upgrade
StorageTek
Raid-5 18 Gb Data
disks
Server A Server B
Normal Active/Active
configuration
SCSI SCSI
Server A: IIS & MTS
Resource Groups
Private LAN
Server B: SQL Resource
Shared SCSI
Group
Web pages and SQL
MDF files on RAID
RAID Applications & Data