which one takes precedence at last ? persistent mode server or preferred owner server ?

hi all

in failover cluster 2008 r2 , on properties of clusterd service ( example file server ) , there 2 parameters :

1 ) persistent mode : failover runs on last running server

2 ) preferred owner : tme server online , server handles cluster ?

what ridiculous confusion exist here in interface , microsoft hasn't mentioned !

so 1 takes precedence @ last ? persistent mode server or preferred owner server ?

thanks in advance

hi,

i believe preferred owner takes precedence on persistent mode default owner if both set.

see "note if group’s preferred owners defined, preferred owners take precedence on default owner.  the default owner behaves if last preferred owner—the group placed there if not placed on of preferred owners." http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2009/08/11/9864574.aspx 

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