I am using SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and I want to install SQL Server 2008 fail-over Cluster. I am wondering,

(1) do I need an active directory domain?

(2) what is the minimal number of machines do I need (suppose I do not have an active directory domain or domain controller yet)?

BTW: do I need a Windows fail over cluster in order to setup SQL Server fail over cluster?

thanks in advance, George

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merged by Chopper3 Nov 15 '10 at 16:28

this question was merged with SQL Server 2008 Fail-over Cluster because it is an exact duplicate of that question.