Chapter 4. Microsoft Cluster Services

THE KEY TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER ARE

• Understanding Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS)

• Hardware/Network/OS requirements for MSCS

• How clustering actually works

• Installing MSCS

• Extending MSCS with network load balancing (NLB)

• Windows 2003 options for quorum disks and failover

• How MSCS sets the stage for SQL clustering