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I don't think you should need a different set of disks for a separate instance (albeit they probably recommend it for performance reasons).<br />
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I think you'll have to go into the SQL installer and set up a named instance separate to the active/passive failover cluster. &nbsp;Might check with your Microsoft provider on licensing though...
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I don't think you should need a different set of disks for a separate instance (albeit they probably recommend it for performance reasons).

I think you'll have to go into the SQL installer and set up a named instance separate to the active/passive failover cluster.  Might check with your Microsoft provider on licensing though...

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When running ht eSQL setup during the validation checks it returns an error saying there are no available disks for the SQL cluster. &nbsp;even though I obviously know I have disks which ar ein use by the deault instance.
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When running ht eSQL setup during the validation checks it returns an error saying there are no available disks for the SQL cluster.  even though I obviously know I have disks which ar ein use by the deault instance.

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As the titile says we currently have a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster with SQL Server 2008 default instance. &nbsp;We need to install a new named instance on the same failover cluster. &nbsp;Doing some preliminary &nbsp;research I found that the new instance needs to have its own set of disks. &nbsp;Is this true? &nbsp;Does anyone know of any good resources to read up on this? &nbsp;Any help would be greatly appriciated.
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As the titile says we currently have a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster with SQL Server 2008 default instance.  We need to install a new named instance on the same failover cluster.  Doing some preliminary  research I found that the new instance needs to have its own set of disks.  Is this true?  Does anyone know of any good resources to read up on this?  Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Adding a new instance on a Active\Passive SQL2008 Cluster

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

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.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.