Create a New Always On Failover Cluster Instance (Setup) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] To install or upgrade a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] failover cluster instance (FCI), you must run the Setup program on each ...

Failover Policy for Failover Cluster Instances [!INCLUDE SQL Server] In a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] failover cluster instance (FCI), only one node can own the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...