In this section, we will be covering the core components for Hyper-V high availability. In this section, we will discuss the basic requirements for setting up high availability for a Hyper-V environment. These core components for setting up a Hyper-V highly available environment that we will be considering are the following:
Server hardware
Storage fabric
Networking fabric
Now let's go ahead and discuss these components one by one and in detail, for their different types and related information.
Your server hardware must be certified for Windows Server 2012 if you wish to set up Hyper-V high availability or clustering. The server you choose should be the same one that you consider suitable for the Hyper-V role in terms of its physical resources. It is not required that the physical boxes you choose for Hyper-V failover clustering and high availability setup be the same in terms of the server model...