And that counts from SQL Server 2000 or 2005 as well as all new Service Packs and CUs (Cumulative Updates). . In previous versions, you had to bring down the whole cluster for the duration of the ...

Among the issues for SQL Server is the need to use shared storage for Always On Failover Cluster Instances. This is a problem for two reasons.

Ask 10 people 'What is high availability?' and you might get 15 different answers. For the purposes here, HA will be defined as ensuring SQL Server is operating when and as needed. 'When' takes into ...

This seems like more of a server room question than one for the MS forum, but if I'm wrong let me know and I'll ask for a lock/move.In any event:I'm trying to lab up SQL Server 2008 in a 2-node ...

After conducting research and tapping a few resources I found out that support for parallel-SCSI as a shared bus type has been dropped for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008.

Creating compliant failover clusters in the Google Cloud One way to build a fully supported SQL Server FCI for high availability involves using third party SANless failover clustering software.