Cluster

[mganesan]

I have 2 W2K Advanced server machines . I need to put them in a cluster. But they do not have any SCSI devive and there is no need to share any data between the application.
My application is a web server with some static pages and i need cluster for reliability. But i could not install the clustering software( It says no SCSI device)

With more than one node, you need shared storage. However for your web server,
you can use Application Center 2000, which is MS cluster solution for
non-transaction-oriented application servers.

[Mark Vatsaas]

Dude,

You don't need clustering services (wolfpack) or Component Load Balancing (CLB) or App Center to cluster your web servers. (Although App Center will make things easy, when it is available.)

All you have to do is install Network Load Balancing (NLB) on your two web servers. NLB will make them appear as a single IP address. A typical NLB configuration uses one NIC for the public network and a second NIC for your private network, with routing turned off on that server. The first NIC has NLB and the shared public address. The second NIC has a private address for content updates and server admin. Note: you don't have to use 2 NICs - it just gives you better security.

Good luck.