Info on EV clustering
Hey guys ,
I have a query regarding EV clustering. I will be installing EV 8.0 SP2 on Windows server 2003 Enterprise Edition and use it for Domino Mailbox Archiving. I will be clustering EV so definitely there will be another server with Windows server 2003 Enterprise Edition. I have shared storage of 6 TB. SQL 2005 server will be installed on the EV server and i want to cluster the SQL as well. My questions are ;
1) Since i will be having EV and SQL on the same node, can i cluster EV using Microsoft cluster and also cluster SQL 2005 ? two clusters on the same node , will there be any problems?
2) From a designing and performance perspective, i am thinking of using Raid 10 for the 6 TB storage , will this be fine?
3) I have 700 domino users and the database size is around 200 gb. I want to make seperate partitions on the shared storage i.e. one partition for database , other for vault stores etc. Is there any way i can determine the sizes to keep for the partitions or according to you how should i breakdown my 6 TB of storage which after RAID 10 i will have 3 TB of storage , keeping in mind future database growth.
Regards,
Majid
Comments
Hi Majid, Symantec
Hi Majid,
Symantec don't recommend installing SQL and EV on the same server in a production environment (see http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314694.htm), therefore I would suggest you have a separate cluster for your SQL, and leave EV standalone. In answer to your questions;
1) I don't see why not, although not recommended. You're just adding more cluster resources. You only have one Quorum resource, IP NN etc, so it should be fine, but the performance will be poor.
2) RAID 1+0 is good, particularly for your indexes. However, I would keep the indexes, vault store partiions, MSMQ and EV databases completely separate if possible. Chucking it all onto a RAID10 is not a good design decision in my opinion.
3) This depends on many factores. Best read the sizing document for Domino. Better still, contact Professional Services and get them to design the system and provide sizing for you.
BZ
Thanks!
Thanks for the input, much appreciated.
Regards,
Majid
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