Last month I attended a session on Failover Clustering at the SQL PASS Summit Conference and it was very enlightening. I have not done too much with SQL Server Failover Clustering except in test mode ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Server ...

I'm currently trying to develop a SQL cluster for our production databases. One of my goals is to make it possible to load balance the databases without needing to reconfigure the client. Also it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sanbolic offers Melio, a family of products, designed to provide the capability to increase database and virtual desktop availability and performance through clustering. Sanbolic is calling this ...

Database virtualization vendor Xkoto has its eye on enhancing cloud computing and cluster management for Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2. The company released GridScale 5.1, the latest version of its ...

Macquarie Telecom has deployed managed hosting for online training provider BizEd Services, in a bid to help it push into an emerging market for technology using SQL Server clusters. Macquarie Telecom ...