Gary Pronych - .NET

Affordable SQL Server High Availability

SQL server high availability comes in 2 basic categories. 1) Clustering using a SAN drive and multiple physical servers attached to the disk storage 2) Stand alone equipment acting in parallel A SAN configuration is an expensive solution; typically a disk storage array needs to be purchased with high speed communication channels (typically fibre). Therefore #2 is often the recommended configuration for smaller shops and less critical databases. Awareness of this topic is important for developers......

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Gary Pronych

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