Availability and Scalability

Windows Server 2008 includes two technologies designed to increase server availability and scalability: failover clusters and Network Load Balancing (NLB). Failover clusters primarily provide high availability. Network Load Balancing provides scalability and helps increase the availability of Web-based services.

Failover Clustering in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library

Evaluation

• What's New in Failover Clusters in Windows Server 2008

Getting Started

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Validating Hardware for a Failover Cluster

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node Print Server Failover Cluster

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Migrating Cluster Settings from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring the Quorum in a Failover Cluster

• Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Accounts in Active Directory

Planning and Architecture

• Failover Cluster Design Guide

Deployment, Operations, and Troubleshooting

• Failover Cluster Deployment Guide

• Installed Help for Failover Clusters

• Troubleshooting for System Event Messages Related to Failover Clustering

Network Load Balancing in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library

Getting Started

• Network Load Balancing Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Network Load Balancing with Terminal Services

Deployment, Operations, and Troubleshooting

• Network Load Balancing Deployment Guide

• Installed Help for Network Load Balancing

• Troubleshooting for System Event Messages Related to NLB Cluster