How to configure 2 Windows 2012 R2 servers in failover mode without Storage(SAN)

We are actually looking to install two physical servers with Hyper-V role and host few VMs in both the servers. for the redundancy we wanted to configure Failover/replication between two servers. We do not have SAN Setup in place, is this scenario possible without SAN

August 28th, 2015 11:18pm

I need a little more detail on what you are trying to accomplish. What specifically are you trying to provide failover for? For Hyper-V replication you do not need a SAN, and can use locally attached storage. This article has instructions on how to configure replication.
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August 29th, 2015 1:51am

I agree with Britt.  You are little shy on the details.  Depending upon what you mean by failover, it may require a failover cluster, and that would require some form of shared storage.  Replica, as Britt notes, works between standalone nodes, but the replica is not as up to date as in a failover cluster.  Replica is an asynchronous process.  Failover happens to the actual image, so there is less likelihood of lost data.  If you want rapid failover on a crash-consistent basis, you need failover.  Replica means that you could be missing as much data as could get updated in between replica periods.
August 30th, 2015 9:36pm

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