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 ...

Some are available from cloud service providers, including as options for PaaS SQL Server offerings. And some are provided by third parties in purpose-built failover clustering software ... complexity ...

Distributed Partition Views (DPVs) debuted with SQL Server 2000. System Area Networks – As much a networking technology as a clustering technology, System Area Networks (SAN) allow traffic to bypass ...