Chapter 5. Failover clustering
Although redundant component design, such as dual-power supplies, provides fault tolerance at a component level, failover clustering operates at the server level, enabling ongoing operations in the event of a complete server failure. Complementary to component redundancy, failover clustering is a commonly used high availability technique for SQL Server implementations and is the focus of this chapter.
In addition to the requisite SQL Server skills, successfully designing and administering a clustered SQL Server environment requires skills in a number of areas, including the configuration of cluster-compatible hardware components. While Windows Server 2008 has made clustering SQL Server somewhat easier, it's still ...
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