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DanielK1981
Level 2
14 years ago

Dynamic Mirrored Quorum Disk

Hi Everyone - another question about Dynamic Mirrored Quorum Disks on SFW & campus clusters: I understand the procedure for setting up MS Failover Cluster on SFW is to first establish the Microsoft...
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  • Wally_Heim's avatar
    Wally_Heim
    14 years ago

    Hi Danielk1981,

    Windows 2008 Failover Cluster can be configured without a Witness disk (also known as quorum in earlier versions of Windows.)  You do not need to have a temporary disk for this function.  If you want to configure a Witness disk until after SFW is installed then you can go right to a Clustered Dynamic Diskgroup.

    As for the drive letter, most people put the quorum or Witness disk to the Q: drive as a standard.  Windows Failover Cluster does not require a specific drive letter for the quorum or witness disk.

    Thanks,

    Wally

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Wally_Heim
Level 6
14 years ago

Hi Danielk1981,

Windows 2008 Failover Cluster can be configured without a Witness disk (also known as quorum in earlier versions of Windows.)  You do not need to have a temporary disk for this function.  If you want to configure a Witness disk until after SFW is installed then you can go right to a Clustered Dynamic Diskgroup.

As for the drive letter, most people put the quorum or Witness disk to the Q: drive as a standard.  Windows Failover Cluster does not require a specific drive letter for the quorum or witness disk.

Thanks,

Wally