Microsoft® SQL Server High Availability

Step 3—Determining the Optimal HA Solution

Once you have completed step 1 and step 2, the hard part is over because you probably have enough information now to make a VERY good high availability solution choice. If your information from these two steps was spotty and incomplete, the decision you make will probably be somewhat suspect. But, in general, it may be good enough to get you mostly what you are trying to achieve.

Step 3 will draw on a formal deterministic approach that takes the assessment results and gauge information and will yield the right HA solution for your requirements.

A Hybrid High Availability Selection Method

There are many potential selection methods that could be used to help in selecting the best HA solution. There are ...