Microsoft® SQL Server High Availability

Overview of High Availability

Knowing clearly what essential elements comprise a high availability environment and completely understanding the business requirements that are driving you to think about high availability solutions may well determine the success or failure of your company (or your job with this company). More times than not, a company's most critical application demands some type of high availability solution. In today's competitive marketplace, if a global online ordering system goes down (is unavailable for any reason) and remains down for any length of time, millions of dollars may be lost along with that company's good will. Profit margins are thin enough without having to add your system's downtime into the equation of whether ...