MSDTC

I have 2 nodes Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition with Service
Pack 2.

I need to install SQL2005 Standard Edition with multiples instances.
Each instance has its own one Cluster Group.

I am installing MSDTC in cluster and I need to assign a LUN.
So, which is the recommended size (kb) for this service?

Thanks for the help!

GDP

Personally i dont have much experience with DTC so its hard for me to say...
I thought i would just provide what info i could

What is DTC - states, in the comments, the disk should be at least 4MB, but
doesnt say how much larger it needs to be
http://blogs.msdn.com/florinlazar/archive/2004/03/04/84199.aspx

How to configure DTC - not that you asked, but i know i learned a few things
from it (thanks to Linchi Shea for the link)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301600/

DTC Log files (says its a 4MB log)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687612(VS.85).aspx

Based on the reading i just did (mostly those links) it sounds like the log
file is the only thing of importance so i would imagine you would want to do
something like that.

Depending on how much disk you have laying around you might want to consider
500MB (the smallest optimal NTFS disk size) just for performance reasons.

If your tight on disk space and my assumption of the log file being the only
real data, you might want to go with 10MB or so

Dont forget to align your disk

Justin



"GDP" wrote in message

>I have 2 nodes Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition with Service
>Pack 2.
>
> I need to install SQL2005 Standard Edition with multiples instances.
> Each instance has its own one Cluster Group.
>
> I am installing MSDTC in cluster and I need to assign a LUN.
> So, which is the recommended size (kb) for this service?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> GDP
>