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 typically ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

Q: A company's IT team is in the planning stage of implementing highly available virtual machines on a guest failover cluster using the shared VHDx technology in Windows Server 2012 R2. Which of the ...

Microsoft will support eight-node failover clusters in Windows .NET Enterprise Server. The decision came months after the Beta 3 release of the Windows .NET Server family editions back in November, ...

“Web Review”High availability and scalability are desirable for any Web site. Unfortunately, far too often high prices for software and hardware, in conjunction with complex implementations, have kept ...

Microsoft has released another Windows Server test build to Insiders in the Fast Ring. The latest "build="" --="" number="" "="">-- is for both Windows Server 2019 and the associated Windows Server ...

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 even ...