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Differences between DCNT and MSCS
Here’s a quick summary of the differences between DCNT and MSCS so that you can decide which
product best meets your customer’s needs.
Feature DCNT MSCS
Cost $995 per server and $1990 per
cluster plus the cost of NT 4.0
Standard Edition for each
server
Upgrade price for customers is
$390
Low cost, high availability
solution for a Windows NT
client/server environment
across LANs
$4,000.00/server (includes
NT)
High cost, high availability
solution for a Windows NT
client/server environment
across LANs
Market segment Entry level , low to mid range
Great as a pilot to try clusters
on Windows NT
Enterprise level, mid to high
range
Architecture Proprietary Industry accepted standard
Overall cluster experience Delivering clusters for the past
15 years
None
Windows NT cluster experience Delivering clusters on
Windows NT 18 months before
MSCS with a total of 7,000
DCNT licenses
Delivering clusters on
Windows NT since
November 1997
Client support Windows NT 4.x, 3.51
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 95
Windows NT 4.x
Windows 95
Runs on NTS 4.x Standard Edition Yes No
Runs on NTS/E 4.x Enterprise Edition No Yes
API to make applications cluster-aware
for failover support
No Yes for all BackOffice
applications
Generic application failover via
scripting
Yes No, but can use API
NTFS failover Yes Yes
Failover of applications based on IP
address
Yes Yes
File shares failover Yes Yes
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 failover Yes – Standard Edition Yes