Let me start by saying I have Microsoft SQL failover cluster experience. I also have built 3 Hyper V servers and used them for a while, but I still consider myself relatively new to virtualization.
I need to go beyond single servers and add redundancy into a new deployment. This will be a big deployment.
I will be using an Equallogic array as a type of SAN architecture for the back end, on 10GIG SFP switches.
I'm building two identical servers for a front end HyperV server. I'm looking for an active/passive type scenario where if one server fails, the other pick up seamlessly, but they use the same back end data store.
I have enough IOPS and space, and front end server power (processors and 512GB memory) to create 25 virtual servers, then a second front end server just for fail over.
I know HyperV 2012 has new features like a HyperV replica, but I think for my scenario I still need to build a HyperV cluster. Can anyone confirm?