Tag Archives: high availability

The Chance of Failure

Posted on March 31, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve always worked on the notion that my hardware rarely fails, and while I protect it with backups RAID, etc., I don’t expect failures. That seems to be how most of the RDBMSes are structured, with this idea that things … Continue reading →

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An Overview of SQL Server AlwaysOn

Posted on March 8, 2011 by way0utwest

One of the changes coming in SQL Server v11 (not sure what the name will actually be), also known as “Denali”, is the addition of more High Availability/Disaster Recovery Options. When I first heard about this, I was excited, but … Continue reading →

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What’s a Passive Server?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by way0utwest

Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be even more difficult to understand, especially when you start to talk about the various high availability (HA) scenarios, virtualized  servers, … Continue reading →

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You Need Two SLAs for Disaster Recovery

Posted on January 18, 2011 by way0utwest

Continuing on with my MCM prep, I was listening to the High Availability/DR prep module today and I was once again surprised by something. Typically I have heard all kinds of talk for SLAs, usually in terms of network traffic. … Continue reading →

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