iSCSI Windows Server 2003 Cluster Environments

iSCSI Windows Server 2003 Clustering Consulting Services

IT professionals continue to search for a cost-effective SAN infrastructure that can centralize the management and provisioning of legacy as well as advanced storage devices, while delivering industrial strength storage services to hosts attached to a network-attached storage (NAS) network via a file-based protocol (i.e. CIFS, NFS, AFP) or via hosts attached to a storage area network (SAN) via block-based iSCSI protocol. There is a solution: The iSCSI Storage Server, for Windows Storage Server 2003 (iSCSI Storage Server), is the first full-featured solution to deliver seamlessly integrated network storage services for Windows Storage Server 2003 including the aggregation and provisioning of iSCSI disk to application hosts over an existing IP network.

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Support for iSCSI

Differing data requirements, system complexities, and cost constraints mean that storage needs vary enormously from business to business. Microsoft is committed to offering a broad range of storage solutions to meet this diversity of need. Most recently this includes support for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface). The Microsoft iSCSI software initiator makes it possible for businesses to take advantage of existing network infrastructure to enable block-based storage over wide distances, without having to invest in additional hardware. This white paper is intended for storage administrators and others who are interested capitalizing on the emerging iSCSI technology.

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iSCSI Storage Server Cluster Service

To optimize system availability and business productivity, the iSCSI Storage Server offers both Mirror and Cluster Services, which enable continuous operation during planned or unplanned outage. The iSCSI Storage Server Mirror Service delivers high availability and fault tolerance by transparently recovering from storage controller, cable or disk failures. And, working seamlessly with Microsoft Cluster Services, the iSCSI Storage Server Cluster Service increases application server availability by eliminating a single point of failure (SPOF) via a dual network connection to the IP network, as well as a dual I/O channel to each storage device.

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