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Checklist: Creating a server cluster file server

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Checklist: Creating a server cluster file server

Step Reference

Review server cluster components.

Server Cluster Components

Review cluster resources.

Server Cluster Resources

Determine what type of file share is appropriate for your situation.

Note

  • If you plan to maintain home folders for a large number of users on a server cluster, you do not have to create a file share resource for every home folder (which may slow down your server cluster's performance). Instead you can create a single file share for the root home folder and use the Cluster service to share the subfolders to the individual users.

File Share resource type

Using a server cluster with large numbers of file shares

Plan your resource groups.

Planning your groups

Create a new server cluster.

Checklist: Planning and creating a server cluster

Create a virtual server for your file server and a file share resource.

Checklist: Creating a new group

Checklist: Creating a server cluster virtual server

Checklist: Creating a new resource

Share subfolders on a File Share resource

Create a cluster-managed encrypted file share