Windows Server failover clustering
Failover clustering is the base under Hyper-V clusters and Azure Local alike. When quorum, networks or shared volumes are wrong, everything above them is fragile.
Scope of the work
- Design quorum and the witness for your site layout
- Configure cluster networks and live migration
- Fix shared volume, redirected access and paused node problems
- Set up cluster-aware updating
- Run and interpret cluster validation
- A healthy cluster with a clean validation report
- A quorum design document
- A runbook for node maintenance and failure
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Quorum
A wrong witness choice turns a single failure into an outage. We check where each vote lives.
Network roles
Cluster, live migration and storage traffic each need the right network and priority.
Maintenance mode
Most self-inflicted outages come from skipping the drain step. The runbook makes it routine.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Do we need a witness with three or more nodes?
It is still recommended. It keeps the cluster running through more failure combinations.
Can you help with stretched clusters?
Yes on Windows Server. Stretched designs on Azure Local have changed between releases, so we check the current position first.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service