Clustering improvements in Windows Server 2016
Now that we understand what clustering is and have gotten our hands dirty by walking through the process of building our initial cluster, let's review some of the parts and pieces working with clustering that are brand new or improved in the Windows Server 2016 operating system.
Multi-Site clustering
Can I configure failover clustering across subnets? In other words, if I have a primary datacenter, and I also rent space from a CoLo down the road, or I have another datacenter across the country—are there options for me to set up clustering between nodes that are physically separate? There's a quick, easy answer here. Yes, failover clustering doesn't care! Just as easily as if those server nodes were sitting right next to each other, clustering can take advantage of multiple sites each hosting their own clustered nodes, and move services back and forth across these sites. Even better is that new in Windows Server 2016 is an...