Shared Data Folders

By default, Unwired Server secondary nodes in a cluster use an internal interface to retrieve content from the primary node. In a production environment, it may be more appropriate to use a shared data folder to share the cluster synchronization content.

The shared data folder includes the data tier database and transaction log files. This enables you to set up the information once, and share with all nodes.

Couple this with a highly available configuration, where processing will failover and to a secondary node that becomes the primary in certain circumstances, all nodes have access to the most current information at all times.

You typically set up the shared data folder as part of the installation process, but you can add the file later if you set up or reconfigure a cluster after installation. One directory on a shared cluster storage must be designated as the shared data folder. It must be shared for network access, either as a file share resource group, or as a Client Access Point.Keep in mind these guidelines:

Each node in the Unwired Server cluster must be able to access the shared data folder, from outside the failover cluster.
Unwired Server processes on each Unwired Server host must have read/write permission in the shared data folder.
The shared data folder can be a parent directory, common to all database files and transaction logs, but it does not have to be.