MySQL on Windows cluster

Hi,

I have a two windows servers clustered.
I need to install MySQL on both the servers for High availability.

I installed MySQL on server1 with installation patha as local D drive and the data patha s R drive (shared drive). On server2, i selected local D drive as installation path but when I am trying to give data patha s R drive the same shared drive used by server1 the service doesnt start.

Shouldn’t the data path be the same drive?

If I give the data path as a different U drive it works. But how can I have High Availability if the data paths are different since i need to have a single database between two servers?

Thanks,
AJ