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.

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 ...

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 ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

Failover Cluster holds utmost importance in a production environment. If you have configured WSFC in the environment, and for some reason, a node goes down, there will be a backup node ready to ...

WALTHAM, Mass. , July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sanbolic ®, the market leader in data management, today announced that its Sanbolic Melio software for Microsoft SQL Server Clustering is featured in a ...

REDMOND, Wash. — June 9, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003, the company’s first software offering designed to run parallel, ...

Attendees of the 60-minute webinar will learn a new approach for achieving advanced Microsoft SQL Server clustering without the cost, complexities and limitations of Microsoft Windows Server ...

Microsoft this month pushed out 133 patches for a broad swatch of software and apps and plugged a zero-day flaw in SQL Server.

The fundamentals of those new guidelines can be found in Google’s online instructions for configuring a SQL Server FCI. Google’s current guidance is clear and easy to follow.