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I'm just curious as to what the options are for setting up a 2-node failover cluster in Windows Server 2008 without having Enterprise edition? Even if it has to be third party apps? I did a quick google but I didn't find any solid information on specifics, and a lot of discontinued products.<br />
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Essentially I'd like to be able to do a restart on one server, without kicking anyone out of the one primary server application (the accounting software), by redirecting them to the other until the original comes back online.
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I'm just curious as to what the options are for setting up a 2-node failover cluster in Windows Server 2008 without having Enterprise edition? Even if it has to be third party apps? I did a quick google but I didn't find any solid information on specifics, and a lot of discontinued products.

Essentially I'd like to be able to do a restart on one server, without kicking anyone out of the one primary server application (the accounting software), by redirecting them to the other until the original comes back online.

Application Failover without 2008 Enterprise?

A server is a computer program or a machine that waits for requests from other machines or software (clients) and responds to them. This architecture is called the client–server model. The clients may run on the same computer or may connect to the server over a network. The purpose of a server is to share data or hardware and software resources among clients. Typical computing servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application servers.

Server Software

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.