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■Heartbeat—Configurable Delay In Windows 2003 Server the max-
imum delay that the heartbeat would tolerate before detecting a node
failure was 500 milliseconds. By making the heartbeat delay wait time con-
figurable to essentially any value in Windows 2008 Server, the limitation on
distance and connection speed between cluster nodes has been effectively
eliminated. This means that cluster nodes can reside in different cities, or
even different countries, without issue. This is a feature that has significant
implications for any organization’s Disaster Reco ...
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