A step-by-step guide to using SAN-less failover clustering software to support SQL Server’s Always On Failover Clustering in the public cloud The thing about clouds is that they can change shape even ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

Failover Policy for Failover Cluster Instances [!INCLUDE SQL Server] In a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] failover cluster instance (FCI), only one node can own the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) ...

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So last night I was building a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster in a virtual environment with Windows Server 2008 on the free version of VMware Server. When building clusters on VMware, I typically ...

Definitely, failover clustering is a hot topic within the SQL community – specifically if you are trying to obtain high availability and minimize data loss. My latest title SQL Server 2008 Management ...

- "virtual servers [SQL Server], failover clustering" - "failover clustering [SQL Server], virtual servers" # Rename a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance [!INCLUDE ...

SQL Server 2012/2014 delivers compelling new capabilities that make an upgrade worthwhile. Many IT professionals agree that the AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG) feature offers the most value with its ...