failovermsmq
I would like to setup a MSMQ in a failover system.
I do not have a shared storage setup (hardware not available – budget),
but i have three dl380 running windows server 2016.
I would like to setup failover with a quorum server.
is this setup possible?
Shared disk of some sort is required for the disks that the MSMQ data will be stored on.
The cost of the SAN isn't the main issue -- it's rather the fact that the SAN becomes a single point of failure.
SANs aren't really considered a single point of failure. They have redundant controllers, redundant paths from the server to the SAN, redundant paths from the controllers to the spindles. If spindle failure is an issue you can clone the LUN to a second set of disks for maximum redundancy. If you have a second array you can even replicate from one array to another.
Most storage arrays are designed for 99.999% uptime if not more. Some are designed for 99.9999% uptime and some can provide even more uptime than that.
Here is Wikipedia's handy chart of the pursuit of nines:
Interestingly, only 3 of the top 20 websites were able to achieve the mythical 5 nines or 99.999% uptime in 2007. They were Yahoo, AOL, and Comcast. In the first 4 months of 2008, some of the most popular social networks, didn't even come close to that.
From the chart, it should be evident how ridiculous the pursuit of 100% uptime is...
Best Answer
You can also stick with Always On scenario that doesnt assume a shared storage and where the overall health of your cluster would be determined by the votes of quorum of nodes in the cluster. But this feature is an enterprise one. So in case of tight budget, I would also recommend to go with FCIs.