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Failover clustering will need to run the same version of Server edition. Plus their are enchancements in R2 that Release 1 doesn't have. So, in short the answer would be no.
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Failover clustering will need to run the same version of Server edition. Plus their are enchancements in R2 that Release 1 doesn't have. So, in short the answer would be no.

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In the first peek I say no too...<br />
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but maybe can... beacuse the cluster was 2008, and the plus R2 enchancements dont apply in the node...<br />

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In the first peek I say no too...

but maybe can... beacuse the cluster was 2008, and the plus R2 enchancements dont apply in the node...


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Appreciate the information.
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My apologies if this has been answered previously. &nbsp;I have a Windows 2008 Enterprise server configured with Failover Clustering. &nbsp;I also have (2) separate Window 2008 R2 Enterprise servers configured. &nbsp;Is it possible to add the 2008 R2 nodes to the 2008 cluster?
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My apologies if this has been answered previously.  I have a Windows 2008 Enterprise server configured with Failover Clustering.  I also have (2) separate Window 2008 R2 Enterprise servers configured.  Is it possible to add the 2008 R2 nodes to the 2008 cluster?

Can you add a Windows 2008 R2 node to a 2008 NON-R2 cluster

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.