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 ...

Creating a Failover Cluster in the Windows server ensures high availability and reliability for apps and services. In this article, we will explain how to create a failover cluster in Windows Server, ...

Failover Cluster holds utmost importance in a production environment. If you have configured WSFC in the environment, and for some reason, a node goes down, there will be a backup node ready to take ...

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 not ...

One of the really great things about Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is that it removes the requirement for shared storage. Microsoft recommends the use of a cluster shared volume ...

You are configuring a failover cluster for a Web server. You are assigning four nodes to the cluster. All nodes have access to a SAN and there is adequate space available. Which of the following ...

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 ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 has had a development path parallel to that of Windows 7. So much so, that Server 2008 R2 is often dubbed, "Windows 7 Server." Both operating systems share the distinction of ...

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 ...