MSDTC significance of clusttering ..

  • Hi,

    Would like to know the importance of MSDTC service in SQL Clusttering?

    Under normal circumstances, i know that it is used for communication between the 2 SQL Servers.

    Meaning, if we stop the MSDTC service, the Linked Servers will not work.

    But incase of SQL clustter configuration, MSDTC is created as a separate Group, separate disk dive and IP address

    Why is it so important to assign a separate disk and what significnce it has in Clusttering?

    Thanks in Advance

  • You only require DTC if you will be using distributed transactions.

    MSDTC is separate because no matter how many instances of SQL you install on the cluster node the one MSDTC install will service them all.

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  • Got it! makes sense.

    Thanks George.

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