We currently have one big Dell server T610 physically hosting 4 Hyper-V VMs all Win2008R2. Running smoothly for years. We now need to purchase a new Dell server since Dell won't renew the existing service contract's 'end-of-life' T610.
We're a small biz at a single site. We've always been nervous about the ONE physical server. I think we need two servers one-site for full redundancy. If one box dies one day, we need to be back up in short time.
We need advice on what we should be looking at. Windows Server Clustering? Hyper-V replia? We simply need protection from our current single point of failure exposure.
Best Answer
I would recommend you to use your old hardware in another way. I would purchase a new Dell server with the similar specs and create a Highly Available cluster. You can take a look at StarWind Virtual SAN that, as I know, can provide you with Highly Available storage. You will be able to create a redundant cluster with two nodes. As another option, you could take a look at what HPE offers.