Windows Server Failover Cluster its up to the task
Updated January 14, 2026

Windows Server Failover Cluster its up to the task

Luiz Eduardo Garcia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Windows Server Failover Clustering

We use Windows Server Failover Clustering as a solution for high availability for many porpouses: Virtual Machines, Network File Sharing and SQL Server Instances. We have dedicated clusters for Virtual Machines and Network File Share, and another one for SQL Server Instances. For the Virtual Machines, we use the live migration feature to put a node in maintence mode, without take any Virtual Machine off.

Pros

  • Virtual Machines live migration
  • Network File Share
  • SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances
  • DHCP Service
  • File Server

Cons

  • Support for windows services appplications
  • Disk management
  • Other Windows forms applications
  • High availablity of applications
  • Maintence without applications downtime
  • Centralized management for virtual machines
It's usability is very alike any Windows application, once it is a feature of Windows Server. It's capability of managing storage disks and distribute then through all the nodes of the cluster, is practly automatic. The cluster file system (CFS) is another key feature, once you can get virtual machine distribution across all nodes, with a storage disk available for node at the same time.

Do you think Windows Server Failover Clustering delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Windows Server Failover Clustering's feature set?

Yes

Did Windows Server Failover Clustering live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Windows Server Failover Clustering go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Windows Server Failover Clustering again?

Yes

For Windows nativilly applications, for Windows server roles and features with need for high availability, file shares and file servers, virtual machines high availability, network services such as DHCP and WINS, DFS Namespaces, and other applications that required high availability, once they have an executable and network address. It only needs a Windows Server License to work.

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