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| 763.1 | Wolfpack yes, Digital Clusters no | DECWET::CAPPELLOF | My other brain is a polymer | Wed Apr 23 1997 00:31 | 4 |
| Wolfpack will support Exchange failover. Exchange running on one node
at a time.
Digital Clusters will not support Exchange failover.
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| 763.2 | IPC$ ? | CHEFS::ATTWOOL_J | | Wed Apr 23 1997 13:26 | 9 |
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>Digital Cluster will not support Exchange failover.
Any reason ? Technical or Marketing ? Could you reveal a little more
information why it won't work.
Jka
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| 763.3 | Technical | DECWET::CAPPELLOF | My other brain is a polymer | Wed Apr 23 1997 17:09 | 6 |
| Technical. Need engineering bodies that we don't have. Most engineers
here are now working on Wolfpack value-added software, not Digital
Clusters.
Some engineering work would have to be done in order to make Exchange
failover work on Digital Clusters.
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| 763.4 | -.1 Thanks for the info! | ZPOVC::MONTYWONG | | Wed Apr 23 1997 22:10 | 5 |
| Hi Carl,
Thanks for the info.
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| 763.5 | Exchange Failover not supported | NNTPD::"Frenchj@mail.dec.com" | John French | Thu Apr 24 1997 14:20 | 5 |
| Gee , and I thought Digital clusters would always be wolfpack plus more .
Guess you cann't always believe everthing you hear.
John
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
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| 763.6 | What will be the nuance? | MQOOA::dhcp006.mqo.dec.com::courchesne | | Thu Apr 24 1997 16:54 | 17 |
| According to this entry...
Wolfpack supports Exchange Failover but DIGITAL NT cluster doesn't
According to Microsoft (at the wiz conf) Wolfpack will support only one instance of
SQL in the cluster but DIGITAL NT V1.1 supports more than one SQL instances in
the cluster (one on each node)
So, if I'm a customer that wants to implement SQL on my Excahnge server and I
want my server to benefit from *ALL* of the cluster advantages... what should I do?
Andre J. Courchesne
Digital Montreal
P.S.: If we start that game that we cut functionality from wolfpack in DIGITAL NT
Cluster... all of our presentation material up to now needs to be scapped and the
message from marketing re thinked.
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| 763.7 | reformatted for 80 col visibility | DECWET::KOWALSKI | Spent Time. Borrowed time. Stole time. Did time. | Thu Apr 24 1997 17:41 | 26 |
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According to this entry...
Wolfpack supports Exchange Failover but DIGITAL NT cluster doesn't
According to Microsoft (at the wiz conf) Wolfpack will support only one
instance of SQL in the cluster but DIGITAL NT V1.1 supports more than
one SQL instances in the cluster (one on each node)
So, if I'm a customer that wants to implement SQL on my Excahnge server
and I want my server to benefit from *ALL* of the cluster
advantages... what should I do?
Andre J. Courchesne
Digital Montreal
P.S.: If we start that game that we cut functionality from wolfpack in
DIGITAL NT Cluster... all of our presentation material up to now needs
to be scapped and the message from marketing re thinked.
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| 763.8 | | DECWET::KOWALSKI | Spent Time. Borrowed time. Stole time. Did time. | Thu Apr 24 1997 17:47 | 19 |
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So, if I'm a customer that wants to implement SQL on my Excahnge server
and I want my server to benefit from *ALL* of the cluster
advantages... what should I do?
>Maybe you could clarify what you mean by "*ALL*" of the advantages.
>Wolfpack's implementation and Digital Cluster's implementation
>each have pros and cons. Also, the Clusters Plus add-on from
>Digital for Wolfpack could address the lack of dual instance
>in straight Wolfpack. Is this important to your customers?
P.S.: If we start that game that we cut functionality from wolfpack in
DIGITAL NT Cluster... all of our presentation material up to now needs
to be scapped and the message from marketing re thinked.
>I don't understand your point. These are independent products. How
>would Digital cut functionality from a Microsoft product?
Mark
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| 763.9 | The message is not new | DECWET::CAPPELLOF | My other brain is a polymer | Thu Apr 24 1997 20:36 | 13 |
| re .5. Maybe you misunderstood me.
The "Digital Clusters for Windows NT" product will not support Exchange
failover. All future NT cluster solutions from Digital will be based
on Wolfpack, so of course you will get Exchange failover from Digital.
For SQL failover, basic Wolfpack functionality will allow a SINGLE
instance of SQL to run in your cluster, and will allow failover of that
single instance.
Digital plans an add-on "Wolfpack Plus" package that will provide the
dual-SQL server failover on Wolfpack, just like you have on "Digital
Clusters for Windows NT" today.
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| 763.10 | Details of :Wolfpack Plus" ? | CIVPR1::SIMMONS | Mike Simmons (301) 918-5597 | Sat Apr 26 1997 00:37 | 9 |
| > Digital plans an add-on "Wolfpack Plus" package that will provide the
> dual-SQL server failover on Wolfpack, just like you have on "Digital
> Clusters for Windows NT" today.
Where can I find more information on this "Wolfpack Plus" and it's features?
I can tell you that from what I've heard that people outside of Digital think
Clusters will just "go away" once Wolfpack is released. I've known about
"Wolfpack Plus" since last fall, but I still have no idea what features it
will provide. I think we need to do a better job of advertising.
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