Cluster using Windows HPC Server 2008 HELP PLZZ!!!
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miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009 18:46Hello,
I'm having some problems trying to deploy a "Cluster on Windows HPC 2008 boxes", the problem is that I have 2 boxes (those will be: one head, the other one compute node), following the steps in https://technet.microsoft.com/es-es/library/cc719006(en-us).aspx, I realized that the boxes involved are not "Windows HPC Server 2008" since that windows has not the "Failover Cluster Feature" to be installed, am I right? I mean to create an HPC Cluster I need to use Windows 2008 enterprise instead of Windows HPC 2008 and then I have to install the HPC pack to the enterprise boxes ?
Help plz !!
thank you !
Mike.
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miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009 21:08
Hi,
As is the norm with any cluster set-up, you have to make sure your hardware is compatable.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc719013.aspx#BKMK_hardware
As I understand it, you can run a two node cluster with server 2008 but need enterprise or datacenter 2008 for more than 2 nodes.
Regards,
Chalkie
Chalkie -
miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009 21:11Thanks Chalkie, then I don't need Windows 2008 HPC Edition boxes installed from scratch.. but I need enterprise or datacenter 2008.. and then apply them the HPC Pack.. right ?..
I wonder if that's the "Windows 2008 HPC Cluster" I'm trying to create..Mike.
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miércoles, 28 de enero de 2009 21:32
Hi Mike,
Have a look at the following link, specifically file and print server clusters.
You need enterprise or datacenter 2008, correct :-)
Regards,
Chalkie -
viernes, 27 de marzo de 2009 18:10
I think you guys are confusing Windows HPC Server Compute Clusters with Microsoft Failover Cluster product. Windows HPC Server clusters can be built on the x64 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, or HPC Edition of the OS.
Failover clusters provide redundancy for File, Print, or other servers. Compute Cluster are designed to perform parallel computation.
Mike, the article you originally posted is actually for the combination of these two scenarios: This is the case where you have a large Compute Cluster and need it to be highly available, so you can configure two Head Nodes in a Failover Cluser which then front ends the compute cluster.
If your goal is simply to setup a small HPC cluster, then you don't need to work about Failover Clustering.
THanks,
JOsh
-Josh- Propuesto como respuesta Josh Barnard viernes, 27 de marzo de 2009 18:11
- Marcado como respuesta Rae WangMicrosoft Employee, Moderator miércoles, 08 de abril de 2009 18:20