Clustering has been a feature of Windows Server since the Windows NT 4.0 days, and the technology has evolved with the OS. In this month's survey on Microsoft Clustering Services (MCS), although 63 percent of respondents said they understand the benefits of clustering, only 30 percent are using it. Of the remaining respondents, 32 percent said they are planning to implement it. The main concerns readers raised in this survey were difficulties with clustering in a storage environment and ease of cluster configuration and management. Readers want to know whether Microsoft is going to make these challenges any easier to deal with, and if so, when and how. Several of the 792 respondents asked questions along the lines of "What improvements in clustering technology are coming within the next 24 months?" and "What is the schedule for enhancements?"
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