Currently I have two independent servers running Hyper-V.
I`m looking for ways to add more redundancy and bought a third server that equals the capacity of server 1 and 2.
I would like the third server to be the failover node. In case server 1 , 2 or both go down, I want it to resume the VM on server 3.
I dug into Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and Nutanix, but can not find relevant information regarding my desired setup.
Is it even possible? If so, I would like to have some pointers please :)
Hyperconverged Hyper-V using three servers
Re: Hyperconverged Hyper-V using three servers
Read above and in another thread bumped around this one.
So we got these options now [UPDATED]:
1) **Storage Spaces Direct**. Datacenter-only, can't be used with a free Hyper-V Server.
[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview)
2) **StarWind Virtual SAN**. Has unlimited free version being OK for production you can use with Hyper-V Server.
[https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san](https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san)
3) **HPE VSA**. Has 1TB free version, time-bombed, OK for production use.
[https://www.hpe.com/emea_europe/en/storage/storevirtual.html](https://www.hpe.com/emea_europe/en/storage/storevirtual.html)
**Nutanix** isn't really an option because their community edition (CE) is KVM bound, you can't use it with either Hyper-V or VMware hypervisors.
So we got these options now [UPDATED]:
1) **Storage Spaces Direct**. Datacenter-only, can't be used with a free Hyper-V Server.
[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview)
2) **StarWind Virtual SAN**. Has unlimited free version being OK for production you can use with Hyper-V Server.
[https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san](https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san)
3) **HPE VSA**. Has 1TB free version, time-bombed, OK for production use.
[https://www.hpe.com/emea_europe/en/storage/storevirtual.html](https://www.hpe.com/emea_europe/en/storage/storevirtual.html)
**Nutanix** isn't really an option because their community edition (CE) is KVM bound, you can't use it with either Hyper-V or VMware hypervisors.