Great Question about FailOver Clustering in Windows Server 2008?

Q. What is really new about Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008?

No service account - now uses a local system account
No support for Parallel Attached SCSI (PAS), this allows for better hardware control and failover
16 nodes if you use a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008
Support for GPT disks, yes larger than 2TB disks are now supported natively
Validate - ensure your systems are cluster ready and help you follow best practices
4 Quorum models, no more single point of failure for the quorum
Majority quorum model
Majority of Nodes
Witness disk
File Share Witness
Improved IPSec, no more 7 minute timeout when failed over!
Stretched clusters can have nodes in different network segments with various speeds
Cluster Migration Tool - to help you migrate
MMC 3.0 snap-in, no longer a seperate application
Setup/install 2003 was 23 steps, now 3 steps. Yes I said 3 steps

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