MSA1510i and MS Clusters

[shahsan]

Hi, normally I use the Packaged cluster MSA500 G2 + 2x dl380, but as they are end of life my HP supplier mentioned the MSA 1510i.
could you please let me know if clustering is possible with 2 x DL380 in an active/passive role with the 1510i. this would be used for Exchange 2003.
MTIA

[Basil Vizgin]

No, MSA1510i is not supported in cluster.

[Aaron Blosser]

I have a couple Windows 2003 clusters using our MSA 1510i.

I don't know if it's "officially" supported or not, but fact is, it works like a champ.

Our config is:
MSA 1510i
4 MSA30 units

2 of the MSA30's (mix of 146 and 72 drives) are shared in an active/passive SQL 2000 cluster.

The other 2 MSA30's are fully populated with 300GB drives and are in a 4-node SQL 2005 cluster (3 active, 1 passive).

All works great, no worries.

[aboerup]

Microsoft does not recommend or support (officially) Exchange clustering with iSCSI.
See this document for recommendations if you want to pursue this path.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839686

However, an MSA1500cs or MSA1000 running fiber-channel are fully supported for clustering pretty much anything ever made. They are excellent scalable units with quite high performance.