minimal hardware for building testing failover clustering for SQL

Hi,
I am trying to practice to build a failover clustering for SQL 2000. Does
anyone know the minimal hardware request for a testing clutering? thank you
for your help.
Best Regards,
Lynn
Lynn,
For testing purposes, you may find this useful
Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to Create and Configure a Two-Node Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for using Virtual Server 2005 to create and configure a two-node server cluster.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cvs2005.mspx
If you do not want to install virtual server and want to build using minimum hardware, long ago I had build a two node cluster using two laptops with SCSI card and one
SCSI disk and a cross-over cable. This is the bare minimum. I also was able to install SQL Server 2000 clustered instance on this bare min cluster. It worked and was good
for testing but NOT supported and also it did not work sometimes as expected. Ofcourse, I would not do this for a real test cluster or dev cluster.
Best Regards,
Uttam Parui
Microsoft Corporation
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