A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

SQL Server Failover Clustering is built upon the Microsoft Server Clustering Services (MSCS) on Windows so since W2K8 Server supports 16 node clustering so does SQL Server 2008. However, as always ...

I have been testing SQL Server 2008 RC0 (Release Candidate Zero) that was made available recently and I must admit I am beginning to like it. Even the new logo is growing on me. There are many new ...

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 Topics Spotlight: Advancing IT Leadership ...

We plan to implement a 2-node MS SQL 2000 or 2005 cluster and I need to know the requirements.Here are some info that I gathered:* Windows Server 2003 Enterprise or Datacenter Edition* SQL 2000 ...

The HADR Edition come with multi-subnet clustering, so users don’t need to stretch a VLAN from one site to another; automatic failover of SQL Server instances; and a service level framework to ...