Unfortunately, when I tried to configure failover clustering with Windows Server 2008, the initial clustering verification test and installation failed indicating that Windows Server 2008 could ...

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

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

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 ...

SQL Server Standard Edition includes Always On Failover Clustering, which leverages Windows Server Failover Clustering built into the operating system. While getting this to work well in the ...

How To Create a Windows Server Failover Cluster Without Shared Storage Follow these step-by-step instructions and you will be up and running in about 15 minutes.

Two or more Hyper-V hosts: These hosts need to be Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or higher. The free version of Hyper-V can be used, but I'd recommend waiting until Windows Server 8 and Hyper-V R3.

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.

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