Computerworld has an interesting article about a new feature of Windows Server 2008: Dynamic Partitioning. A hardware partitionable server can have isolated hardware partitions comprising CPU, memory and I/O. Each of these segments runs its own Windows instance. It allows you to add, replace and remove hardware without rebooting Windows. This not only improves fault tolerance, but also scalability.

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Marathon Technologies offers an interesting fault tolerance solution for Windows using virtualization technology. Server virtualization usually means that you have multiple virtual servers running on one physical server. EverRun FT is software that does the opposite. It unites two physical servers to one virtual server.

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