Users Guide

20 Clustering Implementations for High Availability
NOTE: Based on the HA requirements, these models may be implemented in
combination. However, careful planning and consideration is needed before
implementation because such an implementation will be fairly complicated to
configure and manage.
Application support Workloads within the VM
must be cluster-aware
Workloads within VMs do
not have to be cluster-
aware
Maximum number of
physical servers in the
cluster
No direct dependency on
physical servers.
Limitations may apply
based on the configuration.
Maximum of 16 physical
servers in a single cluster
configuration
Quick Migration Not Available Supported
Table 2-1. Comparison of Guest and Host Clustering
(continued)
Category Hyper-V Guest Clustering Hyper-V Host Clustering