Question : Cluster (Active/Passive-2 Node) of Exchange 2003

Good Day..
I am implementing cluster of exchange 2003 for proof of concept to show the customer. for this just i have taken 4 PCs and installed DC(AD), Windows 2003 ent SP1(Act), windows 2003 ent SP1(Pas), and 4th for data storage like quorum, mailbox database, log files etc..

I have just shared a drive which one using for data storage and mapped in Servers (Active, Passive)......now when i am installing Cluster service on Node 1 then Quorum installed locally and also getting two options only LOCAL Quorum and MNS during installation but i want to select Standard Quorum and also data on the server which i am using as shared storage...

But i amunable to do this....kindly anbody suggest me what should i do.........pls...

Answer : Cluster (Active/Passive-2 Node) of Exchange 2003

"Shared storage" in a cluster has to be a SAN or iSCSI solution, the nodes need block-level access to the drives; a shared network drive does not qualify for this and can not be used for an Exchange cluster.
For testing purposes, you can use Virtual Server on a machine with enough RAM and HD space and implement a cluster on virtual machines.

Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to Create and Configure a Two-Node Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/virtualserver/deploy/cvs2005.mspx

Implementing a Two Node Cluster with Windows 2003 Enterprise
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Implementing-Two-Node-Cluster-Windows-2003-Enterprise.html