I'm rather new to clustering and DAS and SAN storage devices so I am trying something rather simple to get me going, this is the scenario
2 x Dell Servers of different spec both installed with Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition.
I have added the hyper-v role on both the servers.
1 x Dell MD3200 (DAS using SAS cables and SAS Controller Cards) I have created1 Virtual Disk of 2TB
Please note I am not using iScsi
My Intention is to do the following
Host Server 1
4 x Virtual Guests the Virtual Machine info and VHD's to be stored on the single Virtual Disk i created on the MD3200
Host Server 2
4 x Virtual Guests the Virtual Machine info and VHD's to be stored on the single Virtual Disk i created on the MD3200.
So basically both Host Server's can see and write information to the Single LUN Virtual Disk I created, and in the event that one of the hosts fails then the virtual guests merely cutover to the other host server, and the memory and processor power adjusts accordingly to handle the 8 machines it is now looking after.
Is this possible with out of the box features in Server 2012 Std? Will I have issues around data corruption due to different file systems? If possible then what is the process.
Do I connect Host Server 1 to the (DAS) Virtual Disk, create my VM's setup clustering on Host Server 1, then connect Host Server 2 to the DAS add it to the cluster and then create the VM's? Or do I connect both machines to the DAS setup the cluster and then start writing data (creating the vms) on the Host Servers.
Lastly could I use the same process for file servers? Which in essence is 2 x servers connected to the DAS, but I'm sure if I understand the above I will be able to answer this one myself. :-)
Thanking the technet world in advance.
Ahmed