| Title: | WinNT-Clusters |
| Notice: | Info directories moved to DECWET::SHARE1$:[NT_CLSTR] |
| Moderator: | DECWET::CAPPELLOF |
| Created: | Thu Oct 19 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 863 |
| Total number of notes: | 3478 |
Folks,
I have a customer with a V1.0a NT cluster on a couple of 4100's running
3.51. The customer has a LAN/WAN migrating from routers to switching
now (I'm not a networking kinda guy, so that about as far as I go).
Having purchased and installed the cluster they now find the client
"sees" the cluster alias via netBIOS broacasts and their network admins
are exactly excited about this. They currently filter netBIOS and any
other broadcasts from the LAN/WAN. Before they resort to opening up the
filters, they'd like to know a little more technical info on the
cluster broadcast system. Such as what volume of traffic it is likely
to produce, is it possible to identify these packets to allow only
these through (rather than all broadcast traffic) etc etc etc. Anything
technical really.
Microsoft and Digital are working this project together and Microsoft
are currently investigating using this customer as a Wolfpack "early
adopter" site in order to avoid the use of netBIOS. I'd prefer not to
use a beta product.
Our product is working as advertised, but I guess they just didn't (or
the BP didn't) read the fine print or understand the client side.
Technically we can walk away from this problem BUT morally (with more
sales riding on this pilot) I'd like to give this (possibly
conservative or paranoid) customer some more information to allow a
more informed decision to be made.
Many thanks
Grant Tilby
BBO
Brisbane Australia
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| 657.1 | coming | DECWET::LEES | Will, NTSG DECwest, Seattle | Fri Mar 14 1997 16:10 | 8 |
In version 1.1 we provide IP failover for socket applications, which provides for WAN access to cluster services without client software. This solution does not support file shares at this time. But it works great for Web server, SQL client access and Oracle client access. You still need the client software for file shares. We have IP failover for fileshares working in the lab; we expect to provide this as a service pack sometime in Q4. | |||||
| 657.2 | update ?? | FIREBL::LEEDS | From VAXinated to Alphaholic | Wed Apr 30 1997 19:04 | 7 |
>We have IP failover for fileshares working in the lab; we expect to >provide this as a service pack sometime in Q4. Available yet ??? Seems like we were told at the NT Wizards symposium that it was going to be "released any day".... and that was over a month ago. Arlan | |||||
| 657.3 | Soon | DECWET::CAPPELLOF | My other brain is a polymer | Thu May 01 1997 13:27 | 2 |
Digital Clusters for Windows NT V1.1 SP1 is in beta test now, and
should be released within the next month.
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