I agree - I think the answer is 7:

    3 for SQL (1 per SQL Instance)

    3 for the Servers (1 per Server)

    1 for the cluster

That's a total of 7.

Can someone...

Why not just use:

RAISERROR(@my_message,0,1) with NOWAIT

I use this in all sorts of tsql scripts and stored procedures in order to get more interactive ressults back. So far I've...

Yeah - OK Harold - we get the point! 

Or more accurately we didn't get the point but we get your point. ...