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.

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.

Microsoft expands support for virtualized SQL Server failover clusters. The announcement is a shift from what the company told its database customers last year.

Purpose-built failover clustering solutions are designed to provide HA and DR protection for most applications, including SQL Server databases, running on Windows Server and Linux across public, ...

As I'm preparing to deploy a new 2-node SQL Server 2014 Standard failover cluster, I'm considering what would be the best way to set up its storage. For the reference, the OS will be Windows ...

My goal is to have a failover cluster hosting SQL instances. I'd like the SQL virtual names to be in aa subdomain, <instance>.sql.mydomain.com, but the virtual name of the cluster itself and the ...

In contrast, AlwaysOn Failover Clustering, used in conjunction with storage mirroring technologies, protects all application data. The Failover Clustering feature in SQL Server Standard Edition works ...

Learn how to configure install, configure, and create Failover Cluster along with the Storage Server in Windows Server the right way.

Failover Cluster ensures high availability of an instance. If you want to create a failover cluster in Windows Server, follow these instructions.

My latest title SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration includes a dedicated chapter on how to design and implement a SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering when running on Windows Server 2008.

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 ...