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A virtual MS cluster without using shared storage hardware


Holger Zirnstein
06.23.2003
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If you would like to install an MS cluster for testing, evaluation or education, but you have no hardware for implementing the shared storage, you can use Rob Bastiaansens how-to for using a VMware...


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virtual machine software.

Here is the link to Rob Bastiaansens how-to:

http://www.robbastiaansen.nl/vmware/vmwareintro.html.

We tested this "virtual cluster" with Exchange 2000 server AND IT WORKED! At the moment, we are running a Exchange 2000 server cluster on one standard PC for testing and education purposes.

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