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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

The chapter includes; the new features associated with failover clustering for both SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, it then covers step-by-steps on implementing a two node single instance ...