WIndows Clustering in AWS with SMB Share

Question

I am building a two node cluster in AWS. As Shared storage is not available in AWS, looking to utilise an SMB share as the cluster role disks. We are using a script to assign the share.

Has anyone any experiences of this, in particular the reliability of using SMB as a disk as there will be alot of load on the disks.

TIA

Answer 1

Hey,

You should be able to use S2D as a shared storage for Failover Cluster. The following article might be helpful:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ec2-tutorial-s2d.html

As an alternative, StarWind VSAN can be used as a shared storage in AWS. The following quick start guide should help with configuration:
https://aws-quickstart.github.io/quickstart-starwind-vsan/
Might be helpful as well:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-aws-ec2-deployment-guide/

Cheers,

Alex Bykvoskyi

StarWind Software

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