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, ...

Enterprises that want to keep SQL Server and other important applications on-premises need a cost-efficient way to provide protection from on-site disasters. By using a SANLess cluster configuration, ...

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 ...

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. I don't think that ...

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 ...