Month: January 2006

Rod Fournier and I had one of our geek talks recently, and it also came up in our clustering class in Denver. It also came up in a conference call last week. What does R2 offer when it comes to clustering? The answer is, nothing. Let me expand on this because it really isn’t true. While R2 offers absolutely nothing new for server clustering, it does offer many benefits that can improve the performance and reliability of clustering, and it also adds a new resource type. So, let’s try this again. What does R2 offer when it comes to clustering? … Continue reading Windows Server 2003 R2 and Clustering

This topic kind of caught me off guard a couple of weeks ago. I remember hearing very clearly (OK, I read it from several very reputably sources) that Exchange 12 would only be offered in 64 bit. I also remember hearing that Vista would be available in both 32 bit and 64 bit. The one that was fuzzy to me is regarding Longhorn server. I have heard that it would only be offered in 64 bit, but that was semi-wrong. OK, so, to set it straight as of today: Longhorn Server will be offered in 32 bit and 64 bit … Continue reading Longhorn and Exchange 12 – 64 bit or is 32 bit out there?