Windows Server Failover Clustering Reviews

Name: Windows Server Failover Clustering
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4.1 (8 reviews)

Vendor: Microsoft

4.1 out of 5

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What is Windows Server Failover Clustering?

Windows Server Failover Clustering provides infrastructure features that support the high-availability and disaster recovery scenarios of hosted server applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange. If a cluster node or service fails, the services that were hosted on that node can be automatically or manually transferred to another available node in a process known as failover.

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Windows Server Failover Clustering is the #1 ranked solution in top High Availability Clustering solutions. PeerSpot users give Windows Server Failover Clustering an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. Windows Server Failover Clustering is most commonly compared to Veritas InfoScale Availability: Windows Server Failover Clustering vs Veritas InfoScale Availability. Windows Server Failover Clustering is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 56% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 18% of all views.

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Windows Server Failover Clustering

January 2025

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Reto Koenig

Consultant at Unisys Corporation

The primary use case is increasing the availability of servers (Fail-, Mail-, RDBMS, …) Business continuity is much better, due to the possibility of patching/upgrading systems without interruption of services. The most valuable feature is the ability to easily create clusters supporting…

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Tal Adler

Engineer at Magal Solutions

We use the most basic features of the product We use the operation system itself. We also use it for virtualization and failover. The product is stable. The product should be less dependent on network configuration. Our technicians usually require other tools along with Failover Clustering. It…

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Mahendra Reddy

Manager at Stark International

We are currently looking for another solution because, in many industries, such as eCommerce, they operate 24 hours a day seven days a week and this solution has some downtime which our customers do not like. I would recommend this solution to others, we have used it for a long time and it has been reliable. I rate Windows Server Failover Clustering an eight out of ten.

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Windows Server Failover Clustering mindshare

As of February 2025, the mindshare of Windows Server Failover Clustering in the High Availability Clustering category stands at 27.2%, down from 36.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	High Availability Clustering	Feb 1, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Feb 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Windows Server Failover Clustering vs IBM PowerHA System Mirror	Feb 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Windows Server Failover Clustering vs Veritas InfoScale Availability	Feb 1, 2025	Download
Comparison	Windows Server Failover Clustering vs HPE Serviceguard	Feb 1, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Veritas InfoScale Availability	4.0	28.1%	100%	2 interviews Add to research
DRBD	4.0	12.7%	100%	1 interview Add to research

Valuable Features

"The solution switches over to another server in case the server goes down."
"The product is stable."
"Some of the advantages, are it can give you the ability to choose."

Room for Improvement

"The tool's pricing is high."
"The product should be less dependent on network configuration."
"The stability is good, except for when something crashes or shuts down unexpectedly, then it can be a bit difficult to reestablish the service in a stable state."

Pricing

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"So if you acquire the Windows server license, you will also get all of the Windows services licenses."
"We are on an annual license to use this solution."

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Financial Services Firm

16%

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Karl-Franzens-Universit_t Graz, NAV CANADA, Magnachip, ólectricit_ de France, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Bank Alfalah Ltd., Local Government Association of Queensland