How many SQL 2000 nodes does Microsoft Officially Support on 2003?

I would like to know if I can move my active/passive SQL clusters into a more
cost effective four node cluster (3 active and 1 passive). Is there a matrix
or document somewhere on Microsoft's site that indicates what configurations
are officially supported and considered "best practices"?
I found this document
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...rt4/c1261.mspx
which indicated this configuration is good to go on a Windows 2000
Datacenter OS. I believe the document is dated. With the advent of Server
2003, is a four none cluster supported on 2003 Enterprise? Is there a
document that backs this up?
Continuing on this thread, is there any type of matrix that shows what
Microsoft supports from an OS and Application standpoint for two, four, more
node clusters?
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
- John
You can build a 4 node cluster on Windows 2003 using SQL 2000.
PRB: Virtual SQL Server 2000 installation fails on cluster that has eight
nodes
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811054/en-us
I have built and operated a 4-node, 3 instance SQL 2000/Windows 2003
Enterprise Edition cluster. The procedures and practices are a bit more
complex than a two-node cluster, but nothing radically different.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"John Robel" <John Robel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to know if I can move my active/passive SQL clusters into a
>more
> cost effective four node cluster (3 active and 1 passive). Is there a
> matrix
> or document somewhere on Microsoft's site that indicates what
> configurations
> are officially supported and considered "best practices"?
> I found this document
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...rt4/c1261.mspx
> which indicated this configuration is good to go on a Windows 2000
> Datacenter OS. I believe the document is dated. With the advent of
> Server
> 2003, is a four none cluster supported on 2003 Enterprise? Is there a
> document that backs this up?
> Continuing on this thread, is there any type of matrix that shows what
> Microsoft supports from an OS and Application standpoint for two, four,
> more
> node clusters?
> Thank you in advance for any assistance.
> - John
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