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 ...

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 ...

We have a problem with our Hyper-v Failover Cluster.Failover Cluster gives me MSDTC error. I am receiving the following these errors. Cluster resource 'DTC' in ...

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 ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

Redis is an open-source, in-memory database that offers plenty of features and more than enough performance to power your enterprise-level app or service. Recently, I wrote about deploying Redis on a ...

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I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...

A key distinction in the realm of disaster recovery is the one between failover and failback. Both terms describe two sides of the same coin, complementary processes that are often brought together.

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 ...