Summary

Planning to move existing physical systems into a Hyper-V Server cluster is a process that takes time and consideration. You should now have the ability to carry out this assessment with confidence that you will be purchasing sufficiently powerful equipment. You should also be able to project load needs for new software installations.

Once the basic assessment is complete, the next step is thinking through all the necessary hardware components. You now have the basic knowledge needed to carefully weigh the various options available to you. You are also now aware of the physical placement needs for the extra hardware of a cluster.

You have learned how to plan for the fundamental security design of a Hyper-V Server cluster. You can make an informed decision between leaving the system in your existing domain, branching out into a subdomain, or separating into an entirely new forest.

At this point, you are ready to end the planning phase and move forward into the initial setup phase. Start your ordering! In the next chapter, you'll become acquainted with the tools that you'll use to build and manage your cluster. Along the way, you'll put your knowledge to use by actually creating the cluster in its initial deployment.