Windows 2008 virtual cluster?

I'm evaluating Windows Server 2008, and (as usual with new releases) I'm
testing it in a virtual environment, using VMWare ESXi. But I'm stuck with a
problem: since Windows 2008 doesn't support parallel SCSI disks for
clustering anymore, I'm unable to simulate shared storage in virtual
machines, so I can't test failover clustering configurations. I of course
can't use real hardware for testing, since cluster-capable hardware isn't
exactly cheap, so I'm unable to evaluate windows 2008 properly.

Any solution to this problem?


Thanks


Massimo

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> I'm evaluating Windows Server 2008, and (as usual with new releases) I'm
> testing it in a virtual environment, using VMWare ESXi. But I'm stuck with
> a problem: since Windows 2008 doesn't support parallel SCSI disks for
> clustering anymore, I'm unable to simulate shared storage in virtual
> machines, so I can't test failover clustering configurations. I of course
> can't use real hardware for testing, since cluster-capable hardware isn't
> exactly cheap, so I'm unable to evaluate windows 2008 properly.
>
> Any solution to this problem?

Yes. Go to www.rocketdivision.com and download an eval copy of StarWind.


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How about using RDMs? That's what we use.

adam

"Massimo" wrote:

> I'm evaluating Windows Server 2008, and (as usual with new releases) I'm
> testing it in a virtual environment, using VMWare ESXi. But I'm stuck with a
> problem: since Windows 2008 doesn't support parallel SCSI disks for
> clustering anymore, I'm unable to simulate shared storage in virtual
> machines, so I can't test failover clustering configurations. I of course
> can't use real hardware for testing, since cluster-capable hardware isn't
> exactly cheap, so I'm unable to evaluate windows 2008 properly.
>
> Any solution to this problem?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Massimo
>
>