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 ...

Definitely, failover clustering is a hot topic within the SQL community – specifically if you are trying to obtain high availability and minimize data loss. My latest title SQL Server 2008 Management ...

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 ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Databases usually lag behind other servers in moving to new architecture, but containerization brings enough major improvements to convince even the most old-school DBAs. When Microsoft announced back ...