I have not done too much with SQL Server Failover Clustering except in test mode with Virtual Server and VMWare. This session was packed with experienced professionals who had seen it all.

Akula- I would be using windows clustering for the instance level cluster. This is what would allow the failover.<BR><BR>Scorp508 - Thats a good point that I didn't think of.

The SQL1 and SLQ2 failover cluster instances use standard Windows Server 2016 images with SQL Server pre-installed, but the SQL Server software will need to be re-installed as a clustered instance ...

Recently organizations, fellow SQL Server MVPs and DBAs have asked me for resources on how to install a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster from both a SQL Server and a Windows Server 2008 perspective.

Always On Failover Cluster Instances (FCIs) is a feature that has been standard since SQL Server 7 running on what was then called Microsoft Cluster Server available on Windows NT 4.0. FCIs afford two ...

So we're looking at doing a SQL 2014 cluster to replace all of our standalone SQL boxes everywhere, mathematically it makes sense, but I'm running into issues with our environment and my googling ...

Sanbolic AppCluster, a Microsoft SQL Server specific module within its Melio™ software, extends the agility, high availability (HA), and scalability of SQL Server workloads across physical ...

Clustering SQL Servers could help nail high availability, redundancy and security at an affordable price, he said. “ [SQL Server clustering] is now well proven,” Noble said.

BrightStreet's relatively small 3 GB database demonstrates nothing about the scalability of SQL Server using DPVs. However it does address industry concerns about the complexity of managing a group of ...

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.